Building a vaccine: how advanced are scientists in this global race? – Sydney Morning Herald

Drew and his team believed they were as well prepared as anyone in the world to set up a vaccine pipeline for rapid pre-clinical trials in the event that a Disease X broke upon the human population. No one knew exactly what Disease X might look like. But CEPI and the WHO had become increasingly worried about the potential for an unknown pathogen to emerge that could spark a future epidemic.
Drew and his team succeeded in their pitch and won their first tranche of funds from CEPI, but rather tha…

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