Thai prototype vaccine passes test with flying colours

By The Nation

 

 

Thailand has made progress in developing a vaccine for Covid-19 after laboratory trials of a prototype proved successful, medical authorities announced on Tuesday (May 6).

 

Dr Opas Karnkawinpong, director-general of the Department of Medical Sciences under the Health Ministry, told a press conference that joint research being conducted by Chulalongkorn, Siriraj and Ramathibodi hospitals along with private and state agencies had made a breakthrough.

 

Opas reported that a research team led by Prof Dr Kiat Ruxrungtham, vice-president for Research and Innovation at Chulalongkorn University, injected laboratory mice with a prototype DNA vaccine and then tested their blood to check whether the mice had developed antibodies.

 

Test results from the Department of Medical Sciences found that the mice developed a satisfactory level of antibodies. The next step will be to test the prototype vaccine on humans to check whether the immune response is on a similar level to mice.

 

"This is a small but nevertheless successful step,” said Dr Opas.

 

“Even though vaccine development in Thailand has not advanced as fast as in countries such as China, hopefully Thai scientists will develop a Covid-19 vaccine that will stand the test of time."

 

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There you go..last to start but first to finish............maybe

3 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

Thai prototype vaccine passes test with flying colours

o let me guess; thais , free to 30 baht; farang 5000 up

Edited May 6, 20206 yr by YetAnother

Probably created in China and details passed to Thailand, it would be too suspicious for China to declare its creation.  

Really hope so .. we were not born and got this far in life to live like pigeons ... or live in fear ????

17 minutes ago, YetAnother said:

o let me guess; thais , free to 30 baht; farang 5000 up

No, they will give it free to farangs and see what happens...????

Not done in the Yala lab was it?

7 hours ago, Thailand said:

Not done in the Yala lab was it?

Nope...but final trials are

55 minutes ago, snoop1130 said:

"This is a small but nevertheless successful step,” said Dr Opas.

Yeah, pretty much what Oxford was doing a few weeks ago, injecting mice. Now Oxford is already doing human trials, so the scientific hub of Thailand is slightly behind.

 

Regardless, I don't care about vaccines and I will not get one myself.

 

Cheers.

Edited May 6, 20206 yr by lkv

 

good news for sure, but other countries have started human trials already, the uk started a couple of weeks ago.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52394485

Don't do anything naughty here for a while. You might find yourself in the firing line after they finish with the mice.

Test it out on the curfew busters.

43 minutes ago, anterian said:

Probably created in China and details passed to Thailand, it would be too suspicious for China to declare its creation.  

The CCP factory assembly line lab would have destroyed this evidence trail - by eating the mice

Good for the Thai profs for having a go, but it's a long and winding, not to say expensive road to get a successful vaccine.

1 hour ago, snoop1130 said:

The next step will be to test the prototype vaccine on humans....

Sign me up man.  What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. ????

7 minutes ago, lkv said:

Yeah, pretty much what Oxford was doing a few weeks ago, injecting mice. Now Oxford is already doing human trials, so the scientific hub of Thailand is slightly behind.

 

Regardless, I don't care about vaccines and I will not get one myself.

 

Cheers.

Oh, you prefer dying in defense of your principles? We will miss you.

11 minutes ago, swerve said:

Test it out on the curfew busters.

they will not mess around so be clean as a whistle 

Reckon I will wait for the jab from Oxford. Thais may have taken s few shortcuts

48 minutes ago, Thailand said:

Not done in the Yala lab was it?

Or the yaba bar ,many chemists are freebased in Shan state.

I need to lie down I feel a HUB coming on

3 minutes ago, bangsaenguy said:

Reckon I will wait for the jab from Oxford. Thais may have taken s few shortcuts

only a few ? how about more and more plus the cold war is still on in the background

3 minutes ago, CGW said:

Thats the first decent and honourable thing I have seen from you, thank you ????

Please list all the decent and honorable things you have done. I'm all ears.

12 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Oh, you prefer dying in defense of your principles? We will miss you.

No no, I prefer to let my immune system do the work, at the age of 38 and going to gym 5/7 days a week.

 

That said, I am looking forward for gyms to reopen here in Europe, as far as I am concerned, the government is trying to kill me, by keeping them shut.

5 minutes ago, lkv said:

No no, I prefer to let my immune system do the work, at the age of 38 and going to gym 5/7 days a week.

 

That said, I am looking forward for gyms to reopen here in Europe, as far as I am concerned, the government is trying to kill me, by keeping them shut.

You may be right, your age group is less vulnerable.

I don't suppose it has occurred to you a gym is not needed, all that is required is running or a flight of stairs.

8 minutes ago, CGW said:

In your opinion ????

Whats your favourite ingredient? the dead baby bits or the disinfectant?

I have never had a flu jab, also had flu in my mid twenties, over forty years ago, never had it since, guess I have confidence in my immune system?

Why do you feel the need to make personal insults, could that not be construed as a mental impairment?

I suppose it could be construed as a mental impairment, being unable to suffer fools gladly.

I've had BCG treatment for bladder cancer. 14 years ago. Without it, I would probably be dead. Would it make you happier if I had observed your principles?

This may be a great thing for those who are elderly, or have the pre-existing medical-conditions (diabetes, hypertension, extreme-obesity) which can make this virus dangerous.  Any others who want to take it also - up to them.

 

OTOH, if the rest of us could live life normally, herd-immunity would work, and the virus would die-out just as flu and cold bugs do every year.  When this thing first got started, we didn't know what we were dealing with, so I'm not playing a hind-sight 20:20 blame-game, here.  But with the data we have now - knowing the death-rate is far lower (infected/infected-died), and who is likely to have severe health outcomes - it's time to admit the approach used initially did NOT fit the nature of the virus, and move on.

2 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

This may be a great thing for those who are elderly, or have the pre-existing medical-conditions (diabetes, hypertension, extreme-obesity) which can make this virus dangerous.  Any others who want to take it also - up to them.

 

OTOH, if the rest of us could live life normally, herd-immunity would work, and the virus would die-out just as flu and cold bugs do every year.  When this thing first got started, we didn't know what we were dealing with, so I'm not playing a hind-sight 20:20 blame-game, here.  But with the data we have now - knowing the death-rate is far lower (infected/infected-died), and who is likely to have severe health outcomes - it's time to admit the approach used initially did NOT fit the nature of the virus, and move on.

There are reports of younger people dying or being severely incapacitated, and children developing severe inflammatory responses.

The valid concern with lockdown vs herd immunity is the damage lockdown is doing to employment, supply chains, and financial systems. OTOH, the environment is rejoicing.

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

There are reports of younger people dying or being severely incapacitated, and children developing severe inflammatory responses.

Are those reports - for people in that age-group - beyond a typical flu-year, though?  I had a life-threatening flu as a child - still remember it, though I was very young.  We didn't shut down the country.

 

As to older folks, it does appear this can hit very hard.  Therefore, they would be advised to take precautions, and governments should seek to enable those who choose to take those precautions to have food, etc - until it is "safe to come out," again.

 

10 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

The valid concern with lockdown vs herd immunity is the damage lockdown is doing to employment, supply chains, and financial systems. OTOH, the environment is rejoicing.

The economic factors matter, but that's not the issue I was addressing.  If this had been weaponized H5N1 (published research - thank God it didn't escape that lab in the USA), with a 60% infected/death rate, much more strict measures would have been warranted.

2 hours ago, anterian said:

Probably created in China and details passed to Thailand, it would be too suspicious for China to declare its creation.  

 

     All part of the plan ...

6 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

Are those reports - for people in that age-group - beyond a typical flu-year, though?  I had a life-threatening flu as a child - still remember it, though I was very young.  We didn't shut down the country.

 

As to older folks, it does appear this can hit very hard.  Therefore, they would be advised to take precautions, and governments should seek to enable those who choose to take those precautions to have food, etc - until it is "safe to come out," again.

 

The economic factors matter, but that's not the issue I was addressing.  If this had been weaponized H5N1 (published research - thank God it didn't escape that lab in the USA), with a 60% infected/death rate, much more strict measures would have been warranted.

The inflammatory responses in young children are apparently linked directly to COVID-19, not normal flu.

I'm taking what I think are sensible precautions - zinc and vitamin supplements, exercise, social distancing etc. If others in my age group choose not to do so, they may survive. Or not.

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Thai prototype vaccine passes test with flying colours

I would never had thought anything else. ????