About 600,000 years ago, humanity split into two. One group stayed in Africa, grew into ours. Others formed in Asia, then in Europe, and went underground Homo neanderthalnsis – Neanderthals. They were not our ancestors, but a sister species, growing in parallel. Neanderthals fascinate us because of what they tell …
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As a prelude to his annual “R&D Day” on Thursday, Bensel discussed in an interview the pipeline of modern vaccines for closely watched nationwide trials and other diseases. Founded 10 years ago, the publicly traded company is developing vaccines and drugs called Messenger RNA. Depending on, the molecule that binds …
Read More »Moderna says Covid-19 vaccine shows signs of working in older adults
Moderna Inc. said Wednesday that his experimental coronavirus vaccine caused immune responses in people 56 years and older that were comparable to those seen in younger adults in a small study, a promising sign for a vulnerable age group. Older adults have a higher risk of hospitalization and death of …
Read More »Will Moderna or Pfizer have better Phase 3 Covid-19 vaccine data?
Text size Maddie Meyer / Getty Images Analysts begin to speculate on which of the Covid-19 vaccines could win, after scientists working on two of the most advanced vaccine programs made presentations about their progress at a meeting of a key advisory committee at the Centers for Disease Control and …
Read More »Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine shows promise in older adults. His supply climbs.
Text size Dreamstime Older adults who participated in Moderna‘s Phase 1 trial of its Covid-19 vaccine responded just as well as younger adults, according to data, the biotech company presented Wednesday morning to a key Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory panel. This is important because Covid-19 is not …
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