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Kremlin Slams Sun Article Claiming Russia Stole AstraZeneca Vaccine Formula as 'Deeply Unscientific'
Kremlin Slams Sun Article Claiming Russia Stole AstraZeneca Vaccine Formula as 'Deeply Unscientific'
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The vaccine against coronavirus, developed jointly by Oxford University and the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, uses a viral vector to deliver DNA... 11.10.2021, Sputnik International
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An article in the British tabloid The Sun, claiming that a Russian spy stole the formula for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Moscow to use, is highly "unscientific", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.The Sun published the article on 10 October, claiming the UK security services believe that a Russian spy "copied the blueprint" for the AstraZeneca COVID jab. The newspaper did not reveal the source of its claims. Nor did it clarify what evidence allegedly led the British security services to suspect Russia of stealing the formula.Only one vaccine uses the same principle as the AstraZeneca jab – the world's first registered COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. Both drugs use a viral vector to deliver the DNA information about the coronavirus' spike protein – a technology known to scientists for several decades and well-studied by specialists during the Soviet era and used in vaccines prior to Sputnik V in Russia.At the same time, the two drugs use different viruses as their vector – while AstraZeneca's jab uses a modified chimpanzee adenovirus, Sputnik V's makers opted for a more studied human adenovirus. Furthermore, the two drugs showed different efficacy levels in trials: the Russian drug reported 91.6% efficacy on average, while the British medication showed 81.3% efficacy.
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Kremlin Slams Sun Article Claiming Russia Stole AstraZeneca Vaccine Formula as 'Deeply Unscientific'
10:03 GMT 11.10.2021 (Updated: 15:16 GMT 28.05.2023) The vaccine against coronavirus, developed jointly by Oxford University and the British-Swedish company AstraZeneca, uses a viral vector to deliver DNA information – technology known for decades. However, the UK jab used a modified chimpanzee adenovirus as a delivery method, while Russia's Sputnik V vaccine uses a human adenovirus.
An article in the British tabloid The Sun, claiming that a Russian spy stole the formula for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for Moscow to use, is highly "unscientific", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
"The Sun is a very well-known deeply unscientific newspaper. Well, we probably treat its publications as similarly unscientific".
Dmitry Peskov
Kremlin Spokesman
The Sun published the article on 10 October, claiming the
UK security services believe that a Russian spy "copied the blueprint" for the AstraZeneca COVID jab. The newspaper did not reveal the source of its claims. Nor did it clarify what evidence allegedly led the British security services to suspect Russia of stealing the formula.
Only one vaccine uses the same principle as the AstraZeneca jab – the
world's first registered COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. Both drugs use a viral vector to deliver the DNA information about the coronavirus' spike protein – a technology known to scientists for several decades and well-studied by specialists during the Soviet era and used in vaccines prior to Sputnik V in Russia.
2 February 2021, 12:30 GMT
At the same time, the two drugs use different viruses as their vector – while AstraZeneca's jab uses a modified chimpanzee adenovirus, Sputnik V's makers opted for a more studied human adenovirus. Furthermore, the two drugs showed different efficacy levels in trials: the Russian drug reported 91.6% efficacy on average, while the British medication showed 81.3% efficacy.
