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An open, living review of the current antimalarial pipeline
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Malaria Vaccine success #8

Open drc007 opened 3 years ago

drc007 commented 3 years ago

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/23/oxford-malaria-vaccine-proves-highly-effective-in-burkina-faso-trial

The vaccine, developed by scientists at the Jenner Institute of Oxford University, showed up to 77% efficacy in a trial of 450 children in Burkina Faso over 12 months.

maratsydney commented 3 years ago

Wow that is so good to see. Hope they will be able to study it further to deploy soon.

drc007 commented 3 years ago

A commentary from Derek Lowe https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/04/23/great-malaria-vaccine-news

and especially, thanks to 450 infants and toddlers in central Burkina Faso and to their parents. You have done the world a great service