First volunteer gets Ebola vaccine — three months after the outbreak began

TL;DR - Oxford researchers vaccinated the first participant in an Ebola vaccine clinical trial only three months after the outbreak began. The rapid launch demonstrates accelerated outbreak-response research, but no trial results are yet available.

• The first volunteer has received the investigational vaccine.
• Teresa Lambe leads the University of Oxford study.
• Nature’s report focuses on how the team moved from outbreak onset to clinical testing so quickly.