this great news. how big of a deal is this? i think it s a very big deal. we ve sort of entered a new era of vaccinology. you would give the protein itself or an inactive form of the virus or weakened virus. now you give the gene, so your body makes that, in this case, that viral protein. and the immune response has been amazing and it looks like the safety profile is also excellent. so, will this matter for making the vaccines that have been hard to make like a vaccine against human immunodeficiency virus or universal flu vaccine or vaccine against malaria. i think that s all ahead of us. we have entered a new era of vaccinology, truly. thank you for all the information. thank you. next, florida s governor signs a bill banning transgender women and girls from
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Anna-Lise Williamson FRSSAf MASSAf is a Professor of Virology at the University of Cape Town. Williamson obtained her PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1985. Her area of expertise is human papillomavirus, but is also known on an international level for her work in developing vaccines for HIV. These vaccines have been introduce in phase 1 of clinical trial. Williamson has published more than 120 papers
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Despite the AstraZeneca setback, there’s still a lot to cheer about Top scientists are upbeat about SA’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout 09 February 2021 - 21:42
The honeymoon phase might be over and reality has bitten, but there is still much to celebrate as vaccines show high promise in tackling Covid-19.
This is the sentiment of two of the country’s top scientists, both of whom are at the coal face of Covid-19 research in SA: prof Glenda Gray, who leads the SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and vaccinology professor Shabir Madhi from Wits University.
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