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If we have a rapid, flexible platform and a great enough need, those 3 months could be enough. But the solution isn't just with the vaccine platform. If, in 10
by vikramkr 7y ago
If we have a rapid, flexible platform and a great enough need, those 3 months could be enough. But the solution isn't just with the vaccine platform. If, in 10 years, we get lab on a chip working and replace mice with chip based experiments that better reflect human physiology, and/or see a moores law type spike in quantum computation, and/or see breakthroughs in ai, and/or some other set of breakthroughs I cant even imagine right now, we can make the current model obsolete. So it's not just about the vaccine and the drug, but also the ecosystem to test and evaluate them, that needs technological breakthroughs to fuel it.
- MattGaiser 7y agoWe already skipped the mice and went right to human trials.
- vikramkr 7y agoWho skipped animal studies? J&Js vaccine, one of the most promising ones, went through preclinical trials before human trials started[0]. So did novovax[1]. Even moderna, who was particularly light on animal testing, worked with the naiad to run a trial in lab mice[2]. The industry has been working on covid vaccines since january[0], there has been less time than usual, sure, but nothing to the best of my knowledge has gone into humans without preclinical work. [0]https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-announces-a-lead-vaccine-candidate-for-covid-19-landmark-new-partnership-with-u-s-department-of-health-human-services-and-commitment-to-supply-one-billion-vaccines-worldwide-for-emergency-pandemic-use https://www.jnj.com/johnson-johnson-announces-a-lead-vaccine... [1]https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/health/coronavirus-vaccines.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/health/coronavirus-vaccin... [2]https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-start-moderna-coronavirus-vaccine-trial-without-usual-animal-testing/ https://www.statnews.com/2020/03/11/researchers-rush-to-star...