Potential Single-dose COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Published in Nature

A possible vaccine to protect against the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has been tested and found effective and safe in several animal models by a team of scientists at the Rega Institute in Leuven, Belgium. A significant part of the research includes vaccine trials with genetically engineered golden Syrian hamsters developed by Professor Zhongde Wang and his lab at Utah State University...

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Hamsters genetically engineered by USU researchers are on the front lines of COVID-19 vaccine trials in Belgium

Genetically engineered golden Syrian hamsters developed by Utah State University researchers played a key role in animal trials of a possible vaccine to protect against the virus that causes COVID-19.

The Rega Institute in Leuven, Belgium, has used the hamsters produced by professor Zhongde Wang and his lab at USU in Logan to test the safety and effectiveness of a possible vaccine...

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