All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 June WhatΓÇÖs AustraliaΓÇÖs first local Pfizer-style COVID vaccine? An mRNA expert explains WhatΓÇÖs AustraliaΓÇÖs first local Pfizer-style COVID vaccine? An mRNA expert explains 23/06/2021 | 6 MINS This article by Associate Professor Archa Fox from LIT's School of Molecular Sciences originally appeared inThe Conversation on 22 June 2021. Australia has struggled to get enough Pfizer doses to meet AustraliansΓÇÖ growing demand for COVID-19 vaccinations. Australia has been producing doses of AstraZeneca since March, but this vaccine is no longer recommended for those aged under 60 because of the small but serious risk of clotting. Now a research team at Monash University, led by Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology Colin Pouton, hopes to develop a new mRNA vaccine, which works by the same principles as the Pfizer vaccine, and could be manufactured locally. So how would the vaccine work? What hurdles do the researchers need to overcome to make it a reality? And when could it become available? ItΓÇÖs based on existing technology Before COVID, the rese
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An mRNA expert explains 23/06/2021 | 6 MINS This article by Associate Professor Archa Fox from LIT's School of Molecular Sciences originally appeared inThe Conversation on 22 June 2021.
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Australia has struggled to get enough Pfizer doses to meet AustraliansΓÇÖ growing demand for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Australia has been producing doses of AstraZeneca since March, but this vaccine is no longer recommended for those aged under 60 because of the small but serious risk of clotting.
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Now a research team at Monash University, led by Professor of Pharmaceutical Biology Colin Pouton, hopes to develop a new mRNA vaccine, which works by the same principles as the Pfizer vaccine, and could be manufactured locally.
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