PHI’s own Daniel Wilson, PhD, was featured on the Wall Street Journal podcast, The Future of Everything. The episode was entitled “How Polio Research is Helping in the Hunt for a Vaccine.” Here is the WSJ’s synopsis: Research on a vaccine for the new coronavirus is progressing swiftly because of the legacy of scientists working on past diseases. Some of society’s most devastating viruses ended up improving the way we study illness and search for cures. We explore the thread that connects research on polio and the new virus, SARS-CoV-2, and consider whether the pandemic will inform future generations of virologists.
