Engineered virus might be able to block coronavirus infections, study shows

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 This week in mBio, a journal of the American Society of Microbiology, a team of interdisciplinary researchers describes a promising vaccine candidate against the MERS virus. Since the MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak began in 2012, more than 850 people have died, and studies suggest the virus has a case fatality rate of more than 30%.

In the new paper, the researchers suggest that the approach they took for a MERS virus vaccine may also work against SARS-CoV-2. The vaccine's delivery method is an RNA virus called parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), which is believed to cause a condition known as kennel cough in dogs but appears harmless to people. The researchers added an extra gene to the virus so that infected cells would produce the S, or spike, glycoprotein known to be involved in MERS infections.

Finding an effective vaccine against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is a race against time, McCray said. "One hundred percent of the population is not going to be exposed to the virus the first time around, which means there will be more people to infect when it comes again," he said. "We don't know yet if people get lasting immunity from the SARS-CoV-2 infection, so it's important to think about ways to protect the population."

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200407072712.htm

[fivefoottwo 3,108]

the anti-vaxxers are about to have a field day with this one 

[Pennywise 36,080]

Y'all want a zombie apocalypse? Because that's how you get one 
 

Spoiler

the road to hell is paved with good intentions, they say 

 

[Snorlax 6,370]

WE HAVE DECIDED TO STAN 

[TheSlash 14,539]

Fight an infectious virus with another infectious virus - GREAT  .

I'll take anything at this point to fight SARS-CoV-2 tho, tbh  

[ice bear 1]

i still think we should be Containing the virus spread with isolation but Treating Pneumonia which is the main product of the illness

until we have the vaccine that is

[Helxig 45,379]

Giving humans kennel cough to cure corona! That's insane. Science you be wild