ASF virus vaccine passes tests for regulatory approval

The vaccine candidate under development at the Agriculture Research Service (ARS), part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial availability. In an ARS news release the development was described as “an important milestone as part of a series of safety studies.” These new results show that USDA’s vaccine candidate does not revert to its normal virulence, after being injec