MSN: UC, UC Health launching clinical trial to study effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine
Vaccine uses a genetic code to produce proteins that may generate protective antibodies
UC and UC Health are hosting a Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a vaccine for COVID-19. UC is one of 90 sites across the United States selected for the study, which will administer the vaccine to volunteer participants and monitor its efficacy in eliciting an immune response that provides protection from COVID-19. The study is led by Carl Fichtenbaum, MD, and Maggie Powers-Fletcher, PhD, both of the UC College of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases.
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