The Epoch Times Scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) say they have developed a vaccine that is effective against COVID-19 and all its variants, including the newly-discovered Omicron strain.
In a press release on Dec. 16, researchers in WRAIR’s Emerging Infectious Diseases Branch (EIDB) said that a series of preclinical study results had shown that the vaccine they have developed, known as the Spike Ferritin Nanoparticle (SpFN) COVID-19 vaccine, “not only elicits a potent immune response but may also provide broad protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern as well as other coronaviruses.”
Scientists developed the SpFN nanoparticle vaccine, based on a ferritin platform, as part of a “forward-thinking pan-SARS strategy that aims to address the current pandemic and acts as the first line of defense against variants of concern and similar viruses that could emerge in the future.”
WRAIR researchers tested the vaccine on 32 Rhesus macaque monkeys earlier this year with positive results. The animals were vaccinated intramuscularly twice, four weeks apart, or once, four weeks prior to being infected with SARS-CoV-2…
