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Test results promising for UQ's COVID-19 vaccine candidate

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23 June 2020, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mannheim: A field hamster looks after its release into the wild on a field near Mannheim from an earth building. Source: Getty Images

Queensland scientists working on one of the world’s lead candidate vaccines for COVID-19 says the latest tests on hamsters show it is effective beyond expectations. Parallel human trials on their vaccine are also showing it is safe and can be mass produced.

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By Bernadette Clarke

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Queensland scientists working on one of the world’s lead candidate vaccines for COVID-19 says the latest tests on hamsters show it is effective beyond expectations. Parallel human trials on their vaccine are also showing it is safe and can be mass produced.

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