British scientist makes breakthrough in race for coronavirus vaccine: Sky

[Jonathan Fairfield]

British scientist makes breakthrough in race for coronavirus vaccine: Sky

 

 

LONDON (Reuters) - A leading British scientist has made a significant breakthrough in the race for a coronavirus vaccine by reducing a part of the normal development time from "two to three years to just 14 days", Sky news reported.

 

Robin Shattock, head of mucosal infection and immunity at Imperial College London, said he is now at the stage to start testing the vaccine on animals as early as next week with human studies in the summer if enough funding is secured, Sky said.

 

"Conventional approaches usually take at least two to three years before you even get to the clinic," he told Sky. "And we've gone from that sequence to generating a candidate in the laboratory in 14 days."

 

The vaccine will be too late for this current outbreak but it will be crucial if there is another one, Sky said.

 

(Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge, editing by Estelle Shirbon)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-02-05

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[petermik]

Good luck......

[DrTuner]

'if enough funding is secured'

 

Uh-huh, and how much would that be...

[Thongkorn]

1 hour ago, DrTuner said:

'if enough funding is secured'

 

Uh-huh, and how much would that be...

what price on a million lives,

[Scot123]

1 hour ago, Thongkorn said:

what price on a million lives,

I'm sure a drugs company will work that one out very quickly. 

[Basil B]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

with human studies in the summer if enough funding is secured,

Wow...

 

But probably already half a million already infected (reports that the Chinese are vastly under reporting the exact figures), and that number doubling every week, so 1 million next week, 2 million the week after, then 4 million the next week, and so on, by the end of April is would be more that 8 billion, that's more than the entire population on this planet, with a fatality rate of 2% that's 160 deaths or more to the point 1 in 50 of us will not see the summer... 

 

Lets pray for a miracle.

[Andrew65]

2 hours ago, Thongkorn said:

what price on a million lives,

"One death is a tragedy, a million deaths are a statistic".

 

Stalin

[steven100]

another country that has the miracle cure drug for Coronavirus.  First it was Australia last week, then Thailand, then the US last week came out that they have a breakthrough .....

 

now <deleted> is it that actually has the drug to cure it  ?

[Matzzon]

9 hours ago, Basil B said:

Wow...

 

But probably already half a million already infected (reports that the Chinese are vastly under reporting the exact figures), and that number doubling every week, so 1 million next week, 2 million the week after, then 4 million the next week, and so on, by the end of April is would be more that 8 billion, that's more than the entire population on this planet, with a fatality rate of 2% that's 160 deaths or more to the point 1 in 50 of us will not see the summer... 

 

Lets pray for a miracle.

Yes fatality rate of 2 % when you count the chinese death toll. Not if you look at it world wide. 

Edited February 5, 2020 by Matzzon

[Estrada]

2 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Yes fatality rate of 2 % when you count the chinese death toll. Not if you look at it world wide. 

The fatality rate is actually around 0.14% which is what the normal rate is for flu. The 2% rate is of those who are so sick they have to visit a hospital. Many more have mild symptoms and recover at home. In the U.S. the annual death toll from flu viruses if 61,000 out of 45million infected.  The current number of actual infections in China, including those who have mild infections, is estimated to be around >500,000.

[justin case]

hahaha, this is what is was all about... scare the world ... let every government panic and fill the coffers of big pharma for a miracle cure ...

[ThaiBunny]

2 minutes ago, Estrada said:

The fatality rate is actually around 0.14% which is what the normal rate is for flu. The 2% rate is of those who are so sick they have to visit a hospital. Many more have mild symptoms and recover at home. In the U.S. the annual death toll from flu viruses if 61,000 out of 45million infected.  The current number of actual infections in China, including those who have mild infections, is estimated to be around >500,000.

See https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/dangerous-coronavirus-200205205234883.html

[IAMHERE]

I read this OP to indicate that any flu virus shot I get now is gonna prevent me from catching a flu virus that came around 3 years ago.  

[metempsychotic]

from the image alone i need to ask -- is the breakthrough bacon bits?

[wombat]

13 hours ago, steven100 said:

  First it was Australia last week,

no.... Coronavirus: Australian scientists first to recreate virus outside China ...  and shared its genome sequence, but not the virus itself.

[car720]

3 hours ago, ThaiBunny said:

See https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/dangerous-coronavirus-200205205234883.html

but good news doesn't sell advertising, nor does it change governments.

[GeoMill]

3 hours ago, Estrada said:

The fatality rate is actually around 0.14% which is what the normal rate is for flu. The 2% rate is of those who are so sick they have to visit a hospital. Many more have mild symptoms and recover at home. In the U.S. the annual death toll from flu viruses if 61,000 out of 45million infected.  The current number of actual infections in China, including those who have mild infections, is estimated to be around >500,000.

Fatality rates at this stage are all guesses at best. 2% is based on deaths to sick. The sick however are still sick and can still die. We'll know the real fatality rate in a few months. Until then if you're a boomer, better stay inside. ????

[bristolboy]

2 hours ago, GeoMill said:

Fatality rates at this stage are all guesses at best. 2% is based on deaths to sick. The sick however are still sick and can still die. We'll know the real fatality rate in a few months. Until then if you're a boomer, better stay inside. ????

I believe that 2% rate is based on those who display symptoms. Apparently some get infected but are asymptomatic. So the mortality rate is probably lower.

[overherebc]

As a % what % of the % figures that people are quoting are actually 100% accurate?

[overherebc]

On 2/5/2020 at 8:50 PM, steven100 said:

another country that has the miracle cure drug for Coronavirus.  First it was Australia last week, then Thailand, then the US last week came out that they have a breakthrough .....

 

now <deleted> is it that actually has the drug to cure it  ?

If one medical team somewhere makes a 3 drug cocktal 40/40/20% and it gets a or a few good results and other medical team somewhere else tries the same 3 drugs 50/25/25% and gets a or a few good results and so on with 6 different medical teams and different %'s of the same drugs have they all invented a new cure?

[Scott]

Numerous off-topic posts and replies have been removed.   Please stay on topic.

 

[spiekerjozef]

of course it's turning into a money making business.

Human lives are not important.

[elliss]

On 2/6/2020 at 8:01 AM, justin case said:

hahaha, this is what is was all about... scare the world ... let every government panic and fill the coffers of big pharma for a miracle cure ...

    Thailand and China , will contribute generously ...