"If it's a home run, we'll know pretty quickly," Fauci said, adding that if it is successful, phase 2 trials could begin as early as January. Human trials of another DNA-based vaccine created by Inovio Pharmaceuticals started in Miami a few days ago, but Fauci stressed that those DNA inserts are different from the ones the his agency is using. The volunteers will be broken into three groups that will receive the same dose at different intervals over a 20-week period. "This vaccine includes a small piece of DNA with genes that code for Zika-virus proteins," Fauci said. Story highlights Government agency has begun injecting volunteers with an experimental Zika vaccineThe DNA-based vaccine is injected into an arm muscle, triggers immune response(CNN) The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has injected two human volunteers with an experimental DNA-based Zika vaccine, Director Anthony Fauci announced today, a month ahead of its projected schedule for vaccine development.

Source: CNN August 03, 2016 20:03 UTC