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The government has revealed a new vaccine research centre in Wiltshire to prepare for the risk of another pandemic caused by unknown 'disease X'
The government has revealed a new vaccine research centre in Wiltshire to prepare for the risk of another pandemic caused by unknown 'disease X'
A state-of-the-art vaccine research facility, where scientists will work to ensure future pandemics are stopped in their tracks, has been unveiled by the Government. The Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC) is based at the UK Health and Security Agency (UKHSA) science and defence technology campus Porton Down, near Salisbury. Live viruses will be kept on-site in specialist containment facilities, with researchers looking at pathogens that do not yet have a vaccine. Professor Dame Jenny Harries said: “What we’re trying to do now is capture that really excellent work from Covid a...
Health chiefs today revealed British scientists are leading the charge to create a vaccine to halt the next deadly pandemic. But what is Disease X? And why are British scientists working on the vaccine?
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has today unveiled its world-leading Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre (VDEC), which is building on its pandemic legacy and helping develop life-saving new vaccines for the UK and worldwide.