13 July 2020 - Australian scientists are on track to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine this year, with the start on Monday of human trials of the prototype drug.

Only a handful of the 180 odd vaccines in development around the world have reached this critical stage of testing, putting the promising University of Queensland immuniser in the top tier of contenders from the US, Britain and China.

UQ’s “molecular clamp” technology has the added advantage of being a platform vaccine that could be recalibrated to address future pandemics.

Read The Australian article