2020-07-20 14:02:45, By James Gallagher
Health and science correspondent, BBC News
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A coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford appears safe and trains the immune system.
This means the vaccine resembles the coronavirus and the immune system can learn how to attack it.
T-cells, a type of white blood cell, help coordinate the immune system and are able to spot which of the body's cells have been infected and destroy them.
Prof Sarah Gilbert, form the University of Oxford, UK, says: "There is still much work to be done before we can confirm if our vaccine will help manage the COVID-19 pandemic, but these early results hold promise."
Trials involving 1,077 people showed the injection led to them making antibodies and white blood cells that can fight coronavirus.
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