英国科学家已经开始在老鼠身上测试一种新的冠状病毒疫苗

英国科学家已经开始在老鼠身上测试一种新的冠状病毒疫苗

A team of UK scientists believe they are among the first to start animal testing of a vaccine for the new coronavirus outbreak that has killed more than 1,000 people and spread around the world.

一组英国科学家认为，他们是首批开始对一种新型冠状病毒疫苗进行动物试验的科学家之一。

Researchers at Imperial College London said their ultimate goal was to have an effective and safe way of halting the SARS-like strain's spread by the end of the year.

伦敦帝国理工学院(Imperial College London)的研究人员表示，他们的最终目标是找到一种有效且安全的方法，在年底前阻止类似非典的病毒的传播。

At the moment we have just put the vaccine that we've generated from these bacteria into mice, Imperial College London researcher Paul McKay told AFP in an interview on Monday.

伦敦帝国理工学院的研究员保罗·麦凯在周一接受法新社采访时表示:“目前，我们刚刚将从这些细菌中产生的疫苗注入老鼠体内。”

We're hoping that over the next few weeks we'll be able to determine the response that we can see in those mice, in their blood, their antibody response to the coronavirus.

“我们希望在接下来的几周内，我们能够确定我们在这些老鼠的血液中看到的反应，它们对冠状病毒的抗体反应。”

Scientists across the world are racing to develop a way to stamp out the new strain of a well-known virus that has been successfully combatted in the past.

世界各地的科学家正在竞相开发一种新的方法来消灭一种众所周知的病毒，这种病毒过去曾被成功地战胜。

Imperial College London said it cannot be sure how advanced other teams' research is at the moment.

伦敦帝国理工学院表示，目前还不能确定其他团队的研究进展如何。

China's Xinhua state news agency cited a local news report as saying that a Shanghai university also injected a test vaccine into mice on Sunday.

中国国家通讯社新华社援引当地新闻报道称，上海一所大学周日也向小鼠注射了一种试验疫苗。

But coming up with a vaccine is a laborious process that usually involves years of animal testing and clinical trials on humans.

但研制疫苗是一个艰苦的过程，通常需要数年的动物试验和人体临床试验。

Regulators must then make sure that the vaccine is both sufficiently safe and effective to be mass produced.

监管机构必须确保疫苗足够安全和有效，才能大规模生产。