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“We are really pleased to be supporting our colleagues in Oxford by collaborating on this extremely important study, which is one of only four vaccine trials underway worldwide and could pave the way for a vaccine to be delivered later this year,” said Professor Saul Faust, Professor of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the University of BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 and Director of the NIHR BOB体育登录网址_欧宝体育官网平台-APP|下载 Clinical Research Facility at UHS.

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