Bruce Rathgeber of the Dal-hosted Atlantic Poultry Research Institute. (File photo)

Faculty of Agriculture researcher partners in the fight against COVID-19

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The Atlantic Poultry Research Centre on the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus has partnered with AffinityImmuno Inc, in Prince Edward Island, one of the first laboratories to manufacture antibodies against COVID-19.

Following successful production of antibodies in chickens to COVID-19 spike proteins, a partner was needed who had the capacity to increase the number of chickens involved in the process in order to scale-up production.  This is where the Faculty of Agriculture stepped in….

https://www.dal.ca/news/2020/06/09/faculty-of-agriculture-researcher-partners-in-the-fight-against-.html

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