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Measles vaccine used as base for experimental COVID vaccine
Scientists developed a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine by adding a key coronavirus gene to the measles vaccine.
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A safe and highly efficacious measles virus-based vaccine expressing SARS-CoV-2 stabilized prefusion spike
The current pandemic of COVID-19 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) highlights an urgent need to develop a safe, efficacious, and dura …
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