Kansas native, KU grad’s research laid groundwork for COVID-19 vaccine development

Kansas native, KU grad’s research laid groundwork for COVID-19 vaccine development

A DIFFERENCE.THE FIRST EMERGENCY USEPAUTHORIZVACCINES HAPPENED WITHIN A YEAROF THE OUTBREAK BUT THE RESEARCHBEHIND THE VACCINES GOES BACKDECADES, DR. BARNEY GRAHAM STUDYOF VIRUSES GOES BACK MORE THAN30 YEARS AND THE WORK HE’S DONEON RESPIRATORY VIRUSES AND HIVLED TO THE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH LAYING THE GROUNDWORKFOR THE USE OF MESSENGER RNA FORVACCINES BACK IN 2017.HE WAS ALREADY WORKING WITHMODERN.ON STUDYING CORONAVIRUSES ASPART OF A PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESSPLAN IN 2020 HIS TEAM APPLIEDTHEIR WORK TO COVID-19 A LOT OFWHAT WE USE.DO THIS WORK CAME FROM ALL OFOUR FAILED EFFORTS TO MAKE ANHIV VACCINE?BUT IT GENERATED THESE NEWTECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGIES ANDWAYS OF THINKING THAT ALLOWED USTO SOLVE PROBLEMS LIKE FAR AS WEARE LIKE THE SMITH CORONAVIRUSDR. GRAHAM SAYS THIS SPEAKS TOTHE IMPORTANCE OF INVESTING INSCIENTIFIC RESEARCH BECAUSE THECURE OR PREVENTION OF A DISEASECOULD BE FOUND IN