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Coronavirus vaccine trials have delivered their first results — but their promise is still unclear

Scientists urge caution over hints of success emerging from small human and animal studies.
  1. Ewen Callaway
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As coronavirus vaccines hurtle through development, scientists are getting their first look at data that hint at how well different vaccines are likely to work. The picture, so far, is murky.

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Nature 581, 363-364 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01092-3

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