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    Centenary Institute > News > 10 News features COVID-19 vaccine project

10 News features COVID-19 vaccine project

Date time 7 July, 2020
News Type News type Media coverage
A collaborative project between the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute to find a COVID-19 vaccine has been featured on 10 News.

A collaborative project between the University of Sydney and the Centenary Institute to find a COVID-19 vaccine has been featured on 10 News.

The innovative research, focused on using the tuberculosis vaccine Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) together with major components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has seen promising early results in pre-clinical testing.

Lead investigator of the project Professor Jamie Triccas from the University of Sydney was interviewed for the story as was project co-lead Dr Claudio Counoupas, research scientist at the Centenary Institute.

View the 10 News story here.

Read more about the COVID-19 vaccine project here.

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