Ebola vaccine 'promising' say scientists after human trial

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• Conventional Youth 9 years ago

  The volunteers were divided into two groups, receiving either a low or high dose. The antibody response was stronger among those receiving the higher dose.
  
  The investigators found that seven of the high dose and two of the ...
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  The volunteers were divided into two groups, receiving either a low or high dose. The antibody response was stronger among those receiving the higher dose.
  
  The investigators found that seven of the high dose and two of the lose dose volunteers produced T-cell immune responses, which may be important in protection against Ebola viruses.
  
  The vaccine uses a chimpanzee cold virus which has been genetically engineered to carry a non-infectious Ebola protein on its surface.
  
  There are four trials underway of this experimental vaccine.
  
  The US vaccine is bivalent - aimed at giving protection against the Sudan and Zaire strains of Ebola. It is the latter which is responsible for the current outbreak.

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• champion 9 years ago

  this your contribution is funny. this shows how far Africa is from scientific knowledge. I believe if this article is on politics, this column could have been filled with unnecessary comments by now.
  
  on the issue, this is ...
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  this your contribution is funny. this shows how far Africa is from scientific knowledge. I believe if this article is on politics, this column could have been filled with unnecessary comments by now.
  
  on the issue, this is indeed promising. I totally agreed that as this company GSK is trying to rescue humanity, it must be protected by indemnity so that in future, no npp type of human beings will raise their ugly heads when things did not go in their favour. I also want to suggest that at this trying moment for Africa, we should also be careful to always adhere to good clinical trial practices so as to avoid undue advantage by any interested group.

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• Melanin Chaos 9 years ago

  You can keep your vaccines, they are meant people like you who believe in the illusions your masters create. This is not about the good of Africa, rather the total control of the black race. And whatever "scientific" knowled ...
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  You can keep your vaccines, they are meant people like you who believe in the illusions your masters create. This is not about the good of Africa, rather the total control of the black race. And whatever "scientific" knowledge you are referring to has its foundation from Africa, if you're an enlightened individual then you will not argue.

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• Conventional Youth 9 years ago

  In an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Research. Dr Daniel Bausch said that while the trial left many questions unanswered, an Ebola vaccine was "one step closer

  In an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Research. Dr Daniel Bausch said that while the trial left many questions unanswered, an Ebola vaccine was "one step closer

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• Melanin Chaos 9 years ago

  Yeah, "one step closer" to the final solution. Remember the SS in the late 30s across Europe and Russia.

  Yeah, "one step closer" to the final solution. Remember the SS in the late 30s across Europe and Russia.

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