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Oxford to lead Ebola vaccine trial

Research

An unprecedented international consortium, including Oxford, has been assembled to accelerate trials of a candidate Ebola vaccine

Oxford University’s Jenner Institute is to start clinical safety  tests of a candidate Ebola vaccine, aimed at preventing the disease that has killed more than 1,200 people in the current outbreak in West Africa.

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