Inovio Pharmaceuticals
2017; patented and fully tested vaccine developed for the MERS virus (CoV)
Henrietta Lacks; tissue samples taken from her body at John Hopkins and transferred to Fort Detrick for examination and experimentation in ‘51. The results of these studies opened the gateway to a new frontier in the field of bio-warfare for the US Army.
Subsequent testing and success in ‘52,’55 and ‘58 in Atlanta and Savannah GA amongst black populations in the dispersing of biological agents provoked more radical designs in the construction of immuno-suppressants. The birth of the HIV-1 virus was a result of these efforts.