Looking at where we are now, I never thought it would get this far. I never thought the world would be dealing with a pandemic during my lifetime. As ignorant as it sounds, at the beginning of all of it, I thought people were over exaggerating. I was extremely wrong and began to follow the needed precautions. Now as I was reading some articles, I came to learn that there is many new scientific trials emerging to stop the virus. This is very reliving to know because it brings hope that this could be over soon.
In the article, “NIH clinical trial of remdesivir to treat COVID-19 begins“, it is explained that remdesvir is antiviral treatment that has been tested on humans with Ebola. There is no solid data acquired to say that it can improve clinical outcomes for COVID-19 yet. There is also some trials ongoing in China. Potential participants go through a series of physical exams before beginning on with the treatment. The double-blind study allows less skewed results.
Trials of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 has also begun according to NIH in Seattle. The vaccine was named mRNA-1273 and as the name mentions it, it uses messenger RNA. It is intramuscular injected. It is supposed to direct body cells to express a virus protein that can enhance an immune response. Though it has shown a promise in animals, it now being tested for the first time in humans.
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