First Volunteer Receives Experimental Bundibugyo Ebola Vaccine in UK Trial
The first human volunteer in a UK trial has received an experimental vaccine designed to combat the Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus. This marks a significant step in the development of a new Ebola cure.
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First person gets new experimental vaccine for Ebola
Ed Hunt, 37 and from the UK, voluteered after seeing news reports of the deadly Ebola outbreak in DR Congo.
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A volunteer was injected on Friday with the first dose of a rapidly developed vaccine targeting the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola driving a deadly outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Oxford University said. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the DRC and Uganda since the outbreak emerged in May, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers and health organisations have since been racing to get a vaccine or treatment for the relatively rare strain to the clinical...
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The Phase I clinical trial, known as BD-Ebov, will evaluate the safety of the experimental vaccine and its ability to stimulate immune responses in healthy adult volunteers. The post CEPI begins first human trial of Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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