Stéphane Bancel is the CEO of Moderna, a Massachusetts-based biotech company that is working on a coronavirus vaccine.Business Insider
On May 18, Moderna released results from the first human trials. These trials were focused on safety. While the results don't yet show if the vaccine would prevent people from being infected, the vaccine candidate did lead to antibody responses in healthy volunteers.Source:While vaccines typically work by giving a patient a tiny bit of the virus they're trying to kill, Moderna's coronavirus vaccine uses just the ribonucleic acid genetic material from the virus.