Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford, said that the results were thrilling
A malaria vaccine from the Oxford institute behind the coronavirus jab is 77 per cent effective at stopping infection, in results that suggest it could be a game changer in defeating the illness.
The new study, from clinical trials of 450 children, is published as the vaccine enters larger-scale human trials to test for rarer side-effects.
If safety is assured, health authorities say that it will become the key weapon in eliminating the disease, which is responsible for half a million deaths a year, mostly in children.
Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute in Oxford, said that the results were thrilling. Despite decades of research there is only one other vaccine against malaria and it is about 36 per cent effective.
fuzzball909 on April 23rd, 2021 at 12:29 UTC »
An article on this without a paywall: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-56858158
el_dude_brother2 on April 23rd, 2021 at 12:08 UTC »
‘400,000 people die every year from Malaria’ wow that’s huge. This is such great news
morenewsat11 on April 23rd, 2021 at 11:14 UTC »
A small silver lining as the global pandemic pushes pharmaceutical research to new limits