Jenner Institute
11 results

Decades of work and a bit of luck drove Oxford vaccine success
- Health & Pharma
- November 24, 2020, 15:12
It took Oxford University’s brightest minds decades of work to give them the expertise to develop a Covid-19 vaccine. In the end, it was a momentary e(...)

Irish designer of Oxford vaccine: ‘I’ve never worked so hard in my life’
- Health & Pharma
- November 23, 2020, 12:52
When Irish scientist Prof Tess (Teresa) Lambe heard the interim results of the Oxford AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine trials at the weekend, she almost b(...)

Covid-19 vaccines: All we know so far and the challenges ahead
- Health
- November 20, 2020, 20:00
The northern hemisphere faces a bleak winter of rising Covid-19 cases, but signals that two rapidly engineered vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna work on (...)

Coronavirus: Early vaccines may help but not halt the pandemic
- Science
- September 3, 2020, 06:00
There’s enormous pressure on authorities to solve the Covid-19 pandemic. A vaccine is one potential solution. In July, US president Donald Trump toure(...)

The first human trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by researchers at the University of Oxford suggest it is safe and triggers two types of i(...)

Taking the sting out of vaccine delivery
- Science
- April 30, 2020, 01:21
You work on vaccines that don’t need to be delivered using large needles, I like the sound of that. What are you developing? I am working on delivery(...)

Coronavirus: Irish scientist’s team leaps ahead in race to find a vaccine
- Abroad
- April 28, 2020, 13:51
In the worldwide race for a vaccine to stop the coronavirus, the laboratory sprinting fastest is at Oxford University. Most other teams have had to st(...)

Zika vaccines give 100% protection to mice, research finds
- Health
- June 28, 2016, 18:23
Scientists in the US believe they are a step closer to developing a vaccine to protect people from Zika. Research on mice has shown that two vaccines (...)

Pioneering science in Ireland: students can follow in their footsteps
- Education
- May 26, 2015, 00:00
Communication is, arguably, the biggest problem facing science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem). It’s not always easy to grasp the complex(...)

Irish scientist to lead Ebola trials
- Health
- September 11, 2014, 01:00
An Irish scientist is to lead trials of the first vaccine for the deadly Ebola virus, following this week’s decision by British authorities to give(...)