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White COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Blood Sample Testing Box, 2020

Inventory Number 18550


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.18550

Brief Description
Handwritten with COV001 showing use in first vaccine trial. MSD provided a multiplexed antibody detection assay, capable of testing for antibodies to multiple different Covid variants in a single test. The samples were stored specifically for this test which was carried out in Oxford.
Item type
Object
Primary inscriptions
Box 7 MSD [Handwritten top left] COV001 MSD [Handwritten top right]
Physical material
plastic
Object type
Box
Dimensions
Height: 55mm Width: 140mm Depth: 140mm Weight: 0.17kg
Inventory No
18550
Accession Number
2022-47

Description

Transparent white box used to transport and store blood samples taken to undergo tests during the COV001 vaccine trial. This particular box contained samples for testing by the company MSD (Meso Scale Discovery).