Australian coronavirus vaccine goes into test production

 

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The University of Queensland team began work on their vaccine on January 11, when the first coronavirus genome – its DNA blueprint – was uploaded to the internet by Chinese scientists.

“We did not need the virus itself. All we needed was the sequence,” said Professor Paul Young.

They quickly identified a section of the virus, known as a spike protein, they would need to target.