Biologist explained the speed of creation of vaccines against COVID-19
Biologist Baranova: Scientists have been working on vector vaccines for 30 years the rapid invention of vaccines against coronavirus by previous developments in the creation of similar drugs against other infectious diseases. She announced this in an interview with URA.RU. According to Baranova, the creation of a vaccine for a new pathogen is not happening from scratch. “You already have a developed chassis that was used for another, that is, in some experiments they were already on animals, and you just deploy it on an industrial scale, of course, after you rearranged the antigen from the pathogen from which you want to protect yourself, “- said the biologist. The professor clarified that vector vaccines against COVID-19, like Sputnik V and Jonson & Jonson, are based on human adenovirus serotype 26, which scientists have been working on for 30 years. “A bunch of vaccines were made there, they just didn’t go