

UMass Medical School researchers to start trial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in teens
UMass Medical School researchers are about to start enrolling adolescents ages 12 through 17 in a clinical trial to test the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine made by Moderna.
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UMass Medical School develops ‘paraprobiotic’ to fight parasitic roundworms in humans
Raffi Van Aroian, PhD, and Gary R. Ostroff, PhD, and colleagues are developing an engineered bacterium that can be used to safely treat hookworms in animal models and is a potential therapeutic against the parasitic worm in humans.
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Chancellor Collins and President Meehan call for COVID-19 Vaccine Corps in Boston Globe op-ed
UMass Medical School Chancellor Michael F. Collins and UMass President Marty Meehan are calling for the creation of a national COVID-19 Vaccine Corps, in a Boston Globe op/ed published Friday, Jan. 1.
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