Both the vaccine companies produced vaccines based on the viral mRNA to stimulate the human immune mechanism of combating the virus. The Oxford University vaccine developed by the university and manufactured by AstraZeneca, “ChAdOx1 nCoV-19” is a recombinant vaccine (the viral anatomy is manipulated, restructured, reconstituted), the inner core or template is a modified adenovirus causing common cold in chimpanzees. It had completed its phase I and phase II trial involving, among others, the elderly. The Oxford vaccine is already in production. And here comes the role of the academics in saving the distressed and suffering humanity.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 24, 2020 23:37 UTC