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Canada begins domestic trial of experimental Ebola vaccine
Reuters ^ | 11/14/2014

Posted on 11/14/2014 1:57:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind

Canada has launched a clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine developed at its national microbiology laboratory and expects to have the results in early 2015, the government said on Friday.

The experimental vaccine, known as VSV-EBOV, was developed over several years at the laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and has shown promising results in animal research.

The trial will use a small group of volunteers in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and will complement other tests of the vaccine.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: canada; ebola; vaccine

1 posted on 11/14/2014 1:57:47 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Are the Canadians testing it in Racoon City?


2 posted on 11/14/2014 1:59:00 PM PST by MeganC (It took Democrats four hours to deport Elian Gonzalez)
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To: SeekAndFind

Wouldn’t it be a better test to inoculate health care workers in the hot zones in Africa?


3 posted on 11/14/2014 1:59:29 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good Communists, are terrible human beings.)
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