PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine believes it has broken ground in achieving a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the disease that causes COVID-19. RELATED: Asymptomatic individuals may be rapidly spreading COVID-19, according to researchers Researchers at the university said the candidate vaccine has been tested on mice and has produced antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 sufficient enough to “neutralize the virus.” A paper published in eBioMedicine on April 2 details that the candidate vaccine for COVID-19 is based off previous work from earlier coronavirus epidemics. RELATED: Coronavirus: Symptoms, testing and how to prepare amid growing COVID-19 outbreak “We had previous experience on SARS-CoV in 2003 and