Ebola Vaccine Trials Launched in Mali

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http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/ebola-vaccine-trial-launched-in-mali/81250463/
Ebola Vaccine Trial Launched in Mali
Alex Philippidis

"A clinical trial to evaluate an experimental Ebola vaccine has been launched in Mali by the Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UM SOM), the Center for Vaccine Development of Mali (CVD-Mali) and Mali’s Ministry of Health.

The trial is one of two possible clinical studies of an Ebola vaccine candidate that could begin this month.

The Mali trial began Wednesday with the vaccination of the first subject, followed by two others yesterday. All three are Malian health care workers. In the coming weeks, 37 more health care workers will receive the vaccine, according to CVD.

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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/ebola-vaccine-mali-trialled-health-workers
Ebola Vaccine Trials Underway in Mali
Country has no cases of disease, but researchers hope tests will succeed in protecting health workers on epidemic frontline
Sarah Boseley, health editor
The Guardian, Friday 10 October 2014 07.49 EDT

 

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Re: Ebola Vaccine Trials Launched in Mali

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/10/ebola-vaccine-placebo-trials-unethical-scientists-say
Ebola vaccine trials with placebo group would be unethical, scientists say
Experts call for speedy testing of drugs to fight the killer disease, insisting urgent needs of patients should come first
Sarah Boseley, health editor
The Guardian