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Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

Started by riky, September 29, 2014, 09:00:37 AM

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Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-grapple-ethics-rush-release-ebola-vaccines-135816919--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/eKG.ohwq_F10dlx.D6iuGw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9Njk7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-09-28T135816Z_1007970001_LYNXNPEA8R0EP_RTROPTP_2_OZATP-UK-HEALTH-EBOLA-VACCINES-ETHICS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute, and Chief Investigator of the trials, holds a phial containing the Ebola vaccine at the Oxford Vaccine Group Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) in Oxford" align="left" title="Professor Adrian Hill, Director of the Jenner Institute, and Chief Investigator of the trials, holds a phial containing the Ebola vaccine at the Oxford Vaccine Group Centre for Clinical Vaccinology and Tropical Medicine (CCVTM) in Oxford" border="0" /></a>LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in the field. But with hundreds of people dying a day in the worst ever outbreak of Ebola, there is no time to wait. In an effort to save lives, health authorities are determined to roll out potential vaccines within months, dispensing with some of the usual testing, and raising unprecedented ethical and practical questions. &quot;Nobody knows yet how we will do it. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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