Duke Researchers: Vaccine in Development Has Potential To Prevent Future Pandemics
Recent research from Duke University could help develop vaccines for future pandemics before they even emerge.
Duke researchers say a new vaccine in development has the potential to protect against a broad range of coronavirus infections. Called a pan-coronavirus vaccine, it has been 100 percent effective in non-human testing, including tests on primates.
Dr. Bart Haynes, director of the Duke Human Vaccine Institute, said he is optimistic about the results of these early trials.
“Our vaccines induced higher immune responses in monkeys than some of the other vaccines have,” Haynes said. “So we’re optimistic that once we get into humans we’ll see really good immune responses.”