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Australia’s hopes of a locally developed COVID-19 vaccine have been dashed with news today the University of Queensland/CSL vaccine would not proceed to further clinical trials.
Unlike news about the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine earlier this week, there were no safety concerns with the UQ/CSL vaccine.
According to a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) earlier today, CSL said participants in the phase 1 trial received “false positive” results to HIV tests. They were not infected with HIV, nor did the vaccine contain the entire HIV virus.
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It won t be rolled out for COVID-19, but technology developed for UQ vaccine might help fight future viruses
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If no other vaccines had proven effective for COVID-19, UQ researchers say they may have continued to develop their candidate.
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Back in January when scientists at the University of Queensland received funding to rapidly develop and test new vaccines, the goal was to help stop the world s next epidemic.
Faced with the growing and urgent threat of emerging infectious diseases, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness (CEPI) backed the UQ team and their molecular clamp technology to supercharge vaccine production.
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More ironic humour from Andy Borowitz (and very close to the truth!)
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) A furious Donald J. Trump attempted to fire the Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, sources report.
According to the sources, Trump was so irate about the Supreme Court’s dismissal of his election challenge on Tuesday that he phoned Barrett directly to inform her that she was “history.”
“I hired you to get a job done, and you didn’t get it done,” Trump angrily informed Barrett. “You’re out of here.”
Sources say that Barrett had the unenviable task of informing Trump that Supreme Court Justices are appointed for life and therefore cannot be fired, a revelation that left Trump “flabbergasted.”