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New patent-free COVID vaccine developed as “gift to the world”
https://newatlas.com ^ | January 03, 2022 | By Rich Haridy

Posted on 01/04/2022 11:04:49 AM PST by Red Badger

A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers across the world. Human trials have shown the vaccine to be safe and effective, with India already authorizing its use as production ramps up to over 100 million doses per month.

The vaccine has been named Corbevax and it is based on a traditional protein-based technology that has been safely used for decades. Like other COVID-19 vaccines, Corbevax focuses on the coronavirus spike protein, but instead of using mRNA to direct our cells to produce those spike proteins internally it delivers lab-grown spike proteins to the body.

The researchers took the gene that codes for the spike protein and engineered yeast to produce it. These proteins are collected, purified, and combined with an adjuvant to enhance immune responses. This exact method has been used to produce the hepatitis B vaccine for years.

“Protein-based vaccines have been widely used to prevent many other diseases, have proven safety records, and use economies of scale to achieve low-cost scalability across the world,” says Maria Elena Bottazzi, one of the lead researchers on the project.

In late 2020 the US research team developing the vaccine joined forces with India-based pharma company Biological E to begin clinical trials and establish manufacturing capacity. Across 2021 those clinical trials included several thousand participants and ultimately found Corbevax to be safe and effective at generating robust immune responses to SARS-CoV-2.

The trial data was compared to an already approved vaccine called Covishield (the Indian-made version of Astrazeneca’s well-known COVID-19 vaccine). Corbevax generated significantly fewer adverse effects than Covishield and produced superior immune responses.

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KEYWORDS: chinavirusvaccine; corbevax; patentfree; vaccine; vaccines
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To: Tommy Revolts

Absolutely... The gene modification is for the birds. That is just a sick twisted experiment.


21 posted on 01/04/2022 3:37:59 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

Ironic........................


22 posted on 01/05/2022 5:04:47 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

The spike protein is the problem. I’ll pass. And again wait till the effects are made clear.


23 posted on 01/06/2022 10:42:53 AM PST by HollyB
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To: Tommy Revolts

The Spike protein is what is causing the damage. So the problem is still there.


24 posted on 01/06/2022 10:45:05 AM PST by HollyB
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To: HollyB; Tommy Revolts; metmom
HollyB :" The Spike protein is what is causing the damage.
So the problem is still there."

This might replace the mRNA (the 'm' stands for messenger) injection,
but I agree with your concerns about the spike protein being the problem.
The 'messenger' is merely the delivery system.

25 posted on 01/06/2022 11:39:36 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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