RepliCel Life Sciences Inc (TSXV:RP)
RepliCel is a regenerative medicine company developing autologous cell therapies that address diseases caused by a deficit of healthy cells required for normal healing and function.
Harvard University and the Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health will collaborate to fight COVID-19 over the next five years in an effort funded by $115 million. The funding was provided by China Evergrande Group. The researchers plan to elucidate the basic biology of the virus, which will be used to design therapeutics/vaccines, develop accurate rapid diagnostics and identify biomarkers. The effort will include Harvard Medical School researchers, led by Dean George Q. Daley, along with Dr. Nanshan Zhong of the Guangzhou Institute, a pulmonologist and epidemiologist who heads China’s 2019n-CoV Expert Taskforce. Dr. Zhong discovered the SARS vaccine in 2003.
Source: China Biotoday