Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nThe vaccine – called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 – is made from a genetically engineered virus that causes the common cold in chimpanzees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The recent study showed 90 percent of involved people developed neutralising antibodies and T-cells that can fight coronavirus after one dose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A collaboration has already been reached between Oxford, UK government and biopharma major AstraZeneca to produce the vaccine on a mass scale if the final results are also positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Serum Institute of India is one of the global partners for its production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When someone is infected with the Covid-19 virus, it spreads in the body easily because of the spikes on its surface, known as the \u2018spike protein\u2019, which allow the virus to penetrate cells and, thereafter, multiply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The vaccine developed by Oxford and AstraZeneca, which belongs to a category called non-replicating viral vector vaccines, tries to build the body\u2019s immunity against this spike protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The idea is to create antibodies to fight this spiked surface so that the virus does not even have the chance to penetrate the cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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