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The quest for a solution

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USask’s VIDO emerges as Canada’s leader in vaccine development.

On Dec. 31, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) was alerted to a mysterious case of pneumonia with an unknown cause on the other side of the world.

Dr. Volker Gerdts, director and CEO of USask’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO), had been in his role for just under a year when the news broke. As a scientist with a veterinary degree and doctorate in virology and immunology from his home country of Germany, he was not surprised….

https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2021/greenandwhite-the-quest-for-a-solution.php

 

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