Initial research into a potential vaccine being developed at Oxford University have revealed that healthy volunteers, involved in early-stage clinical trials, have experienced a strong immune reaction. The good news doesn’t stop there with similar results being revealed in a Chinese trial in Jiangsu. Paul Moynagh, Professor of Immunology and Director of the Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health research at NUI Maynooth.

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