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    The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it in just a few short months. One of the leading candidates is being developed in the UK by a group of Oxford University scientists.

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    • Nice infographic showing how the Oxford/AZ vaccine works. A chimp virus is made harmless to the human body. The chimp virus is then programmed to make COVID19 spikes on its surface which the human body forms immunity to when the vaccine is injected. https://t.co/WCZ4DwF7Uv https://t.co/g8EU27Jnn5

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    The Oxford Vaccine - 3 year(s) ago

    The Oxford COVID-19 vaccine team is working at unprecedented speed in a race against the global threat to human health that is coronavirus. The University of Oxford’s Jenner Institute and Oxford Vaccine Group have been at the forefront of scientific endeavour to develop vaccines for diseases of major global importance for more than 30 years. Their ChAdOx1 trials are currently assessing whether…

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    • 🦠<Breaking News> Oxford vaccine 70% or 90% effective depending on dose strategy. Though a lower than Pfizer and Moderna, this vaccine can be kept at normal refrigerated temperatures, making distribution far easier. https://t.co/nt0qdpSUBq Compare to https://t.co/SdxGhz1DlP

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    Professor Sir John Bell explores the challenges of antibody testing for Covid-19, noting that no tests to date have performed well.

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    • Another excellent summary of the challenges for serology antibody testing for #COVID19, and especially the prospects for home kits https://t.co/GGQFkL8FQD by @UniofOxford's John Bell https://t.co/0gZLFn7CZk

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    Professor Sir John Bell explores the challenges of antibody testing for Covid-19, noting that no tests to date have performed well.

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    • Trouble in testing land- Professor Sir John Bell @OxfordMedSci explores the challenges of antibody testing for #Covid19, noting that no tests to date have performed well. https://t.co/ykxqBn6fYT #diagnostics #coronavirus

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    Researchers from all our divisions and many of our departments are involved research into the coronavirus and Covid-19.

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    • All the colleagues who are working on the coronavirus disease here in Oxford in one long list https://t.co/FQxQKKVhvD It shows how many different academic disciplines need to come together to make progress against the pandemic. It’s a global, interdisciplinary team effort.