A San Diego, California lab called Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. says they have discovered a vaccine for COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in just about three hours. The experiential vaccine still needs about 3 months of testing but they say it is promising to fight the virus that has caused widespread panic. Once testing on animals and humans is complete, they will release the vaccine to the public as soon as possible.
How did Inovio Pharmacetuicals, Inc. discover the vaccine so quickly?
Once Chinese scientists released the genetic sequence of the virus, many researchers around the globe went to work. Inovio has very advanced technology, they can simply input the virus's genetic sequence into a program and the software will decode it using a special algorithm.
So far, more than 1,380 people worldwide have died from novel coronavirus and over 64,000 are infected.
Since Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. released their discovery, their stock has skyrocket.
NASDAQ: INO