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Coronavirus grown in lab outside China for first time, aiding the search for vaccine

  • Written by Ian Christopher Davis, Professor of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University
Employees disinfect ticket gates to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 28, 2020. AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon

Scientists at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity in Melbourne, Australia, announced Jan. 29 that they were able to grow the Wuhan coronavirus from a patient sample in the...

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