New hope for University of Queensland COVID vaccine following new 'technology' report

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A new report looking into the University of Queensland's pre-clinical trials has revealed that the local jab could be a major contender against current Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines. 9News

It's been four months after Queensland's home-grown COVID vaccine plans were dashed, but a new hope has reignited University of Queensland researchers to carry on where they left off.

Findings have also revealed the UQ jab isn't as delicate as the others, allowing it to be stored in your average refrigerator, as compared to Pfizer's required -70 degree storage temperature.There are also suggestions the vaccine's 'clamp technology', a feature that sees an extra little protein introduced that helps keeps the injection in the right shape, would potentially make the UQ jab more effective as compared to other vaccines.

A false reading that infectious diseases expert Dr Paul Griffin said was caused by a "protein that resembled a protein in HIV".

 

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To late. We already sold the farm to buy the magic beans AstraZeneca and Pfizer. At least they got huge funding at the start.

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