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Vaccine researchers have some good news, Google Maps adds end-to-end bikesharing directions and Roblox launches a new virtual event platform. Here’s your Daily Crunch for July 20, 2020. |
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Two vaccine trials â one conducted at the University of Oxford, and another by researchers in Wuhan â both had promising results, with a vaccine leading to an increased antibody response, while also appearing to be safe for human use. The Oxford team is now ready to move on to phase three trials â these are the large-scale human trials that come before approval. However, my colleague Darrell Etherington warns against getting prematurely excited about these results: It is very early to make too many assumptions about what these early trials indicate, however. For instance, we still donât really know how effective antibodies are in patients that have recovered from having COVID-19 once, so a lot more investigation is required by scientists in better understanding the efficacy of antibodies, and potentially vaccines, over the long term. Read more |
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