From NBC News:
Nose Spray Ebola Vaccine Protects Monkeys
A needle-free Ebola vaccine protects monkeys 100 percent of the time from the virus, even a year after they’ve been vaccinated, researchers reported Monday.
The vaccine uses a common cold virus genetically engineered to carry a tiny piece of Ebola DNA. Sprayed up the nose, it saved all nine monkeys tested for infection.
But now the research is dead in the water without funding, Maria Croyle of the University of Texas at Austin’s College of Pharmacy said.
“Now we are at the crossroads, trying to figure out where to get the funding and resources to continue,” Croyle told NBC News.
It’s only a small study, but the results are encouraging, said Croyle, whose findings are published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics and being discussed at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists meeting in San Diego this week.
It has been successful for one year and yet, they are scrambling for funding? Sample size is too small and there have been no human trials but still...
More. Faster. Please.
