[FRIAM] In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead - The New York Times

Tue Apr 28 15:45:24 EDT 2020

Thanks, Roger.   There’s something about that that just doesn’t sit well with me.  How do they know that the difference between the near relatives is not the crucial difference.  After all, deadly nightshade is a close relative of tomatoes.  And what does malaria have to do with it … a completely different sort of organism.  

Anyway, I like the dream. 

Nick 

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Clark University

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From: Friam <friam-bounces at redfish.com> On Behalf Of Roger Critchlow
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [FRIAM] In Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine, an Oxford Group Leaps Ahead - The New York Times

They have a leg up because they already tested a close relative of their vaccine for safety.  That's the first step in clinical trials, to prove that you do no harm.  So they've modified that already tested vaccine for the current pandemic and they're ready to go directly to efficacy trials.

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:15 PM <thompnickson2 at gmail.com <mailto:thompnickson2 at gmail.com> > wrote:

Hi, all, 

Can anybody explain the leg-up that Oxford group has because of their work on Malaria?  

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html?action=click <https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/world/europe/coronavirus-vaccine-update-oxford.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage> &module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

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