The Pandemic Sciences Centre, which will include a number of core institutes, will focus on generating actionable knowledge and data (from pathogens through to patients) in near real-time and making this globally accessible; translating research into real-world solutions; and identifying ways to strengthen societal and political engagement, resilience, and responsiveness.
The University of Oxford on Friday announced the launch of a new centre for research collaboration the Pandemic Sciences Centre to create global and equitable sciencedriven solutions to prepare for identify and counter future pandemic threats
At present, little is known about what happens to people who have already had the virus when they are infected for a second time.
The trial will take place in two phases, with different participants in each phase. The first phase is scheduled to get underway this month and the second phase is due to start in the summer.
In medical research, human challenge trials are controlled studies that involve deliberately exposing participants with a pathogen or a bug to study the effects. Challenge studies tell us things that other studies cannot because, unlike natural infection, they are tightly controlled, said Helen McShane, chief investigator of the study and professor of vaccinology at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford.
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The U.S. vaccine program was in high gear on Monday, with the news that all American adults are now eligible for a shot, meeting a key goal of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus team set two weeks ago.
In further positive news, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says half of American adults have received at least one shot of the two-dose regimens developed by Pfizer Inc. and German partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc., as the Associated Press reported.
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