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Within hours of the public release of the viral genome sequence, scientists at the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and their collaborators engineered a key protein from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, to enable its study as a vaccine candidate and for research applications.

The Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Office (TTIPO)

Originally established to study influenza, a partnership between NIAID and biotechnology company AbCellera quickly pivoted to become a major player in the development of antibodybased COVID-19 therapies. One of those therapies, bamlanivimab, has been authorized to treat mild to moderate COVID-19 symptoms in patients who are at risk for more severe disease, when combined with another antibody.