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turbinetree

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Sat Jan 15, 2022, 01:04 PM Jan 2022

Texas scientists' new Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free

Erum Salam
Sat 15 Jan 2022 05.00 EST

A new Covid-19 vaccine is being developed by Texas scientists using a decades-old conventional method that will make the production and distribution cheaper and more accessible for countries most affected by the pandemic and where new variants are likely to originate due to low inoculation rates.

The team, led by Drs Peter Hotez and Maria Bottazzi from the Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development at Baylor College of Medicine, has been developing vaccine prototypes for Sars and Mers since 2011, which they reconstructed to create the new Covid vaccine, dubbed Corbevax, or “the world’s Covid-19 vaccine”.

Although more than 60 other vaccines are in development using the same technology, Bottazzi said their vaccine is unique because they do not intend to patent it, allowing anyone with the capacity to reproduce it.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/15/corbevax-covid-vaccine-texas-scientists

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Texas scientists' new Covid-19 vaccine is cheaper, easier to make and patent-free (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2022 OP
Dr Peter Hotez is a national treasure along with Dr Fauci Pachamama Jan 2022 #1
True that! BComplex Jan 2022 #2
This is good for the world. Nevilledog Jan 2022 #3
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