Hyderabad: A
preliminary vaccine for Ebola has been created by Ella Foundation of
Bharat Biotech. The vaccine made from adenovirus and glycoprotein was
tested on mice and the results were good.
Dr
Krishna Ella of Ella Foundation said, “This preliminary vaccine needs
to be further tested and has to undergo clinical trials. As the
Foundation does not have the required expertise, we want the Centre or
scientific institutions to take it up. Ebola is a deadly disease which
spreads through contact. It has not yet hit the Indian shores.
The
US and European countries had been trying to develop a vaccine. But
there has been no breakthroughs so far. Whether this preliminary vaccine
will be successful in tests is a big question. Although regarded as a
good model, its future depends on how it works on laboratory animals
like monkeys.
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