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. 2020 Apr 30;5(1):34.
doi: 10.1038/s41541-020-0188-3. eCollection 2020.

COVID-19 vaccines: breaking record times to first-in-human trials

Young Chan Kim #  1 , Barbara Dema #  1 , Arturo Reyes-Sandoval  1
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COVID-19 vaccines: breaking record times to first-in-human trials

Young Chan Kim et al. NPJ Vaccines. .

Abstract

The twenty-first century has come with a new era in vaccinology, in which recombinant genetic technology has contributed to setting an unprecedented fast pace in vaccine development, clearly demonstrated during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: RNA vaccines; Viral infection.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1. New emerging diseases vaccine development timeline.
Time since the first identification (green) of the virus in a patient or first major outbreak (blue) (and in some cases newly identification) to first Phase I Clinical Trial described. Orange bar represents the time it took to get a licensed Dengue/Ebola vaccine. Red diamonds indicate outbreaks.
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