Monday, February 8, 2021

Popular Science: Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine, Explained

Popular Science: Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 Vaccine, Explained
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is what’s called an adenovirus-vectored vaccine. It’s a technique that was attempted in the development of an HIV vaccine in the mid-2000s, but which proved ineffective. But over the summer, the EU authorized Johnson & Johnson’s Ebola vaccine based on the same technology, and a number of COVID vaccine candidates, including that of Oxford/AstraZeneca, use a similar approach. (Kiefer, 2/1)

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