Nigeria: Richard Adeleke and Cornell Researchers Develop Groundbreaking Dual Vaccine for COVID-19 and Flu

Richard Adeleke, a doctoral researcher at Cornell University, New York, USA, and his research group have developed a groundbreaking vaccine that could protect people from both COVID-19 and the flu in a single shot. This innovative vaccine is based on a modified version of the vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV), which is engineered to be safe and unable to replicate in the body. The vaccine contains a stabilized spike protein from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, and a…