Coronavirus: 20th-century pandemics show the road to a vaccine is bumpy

Oxford University expert explains the highs and lows of vaccination development

Coronavirus vaccine
Oxford University expert explains the highs and lows of vaccination development
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Samantha Vanderslott, university research lecturer at the University of Oxford, on the journey of vaccine development.

If you have been following the media coverage of the new vaccines in development for Covid-19, it will be clear that the stakes are high. Very few vaccine trials in history have attracted so much attention, perhaps since polio in the mid-20th century.

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