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UTMB researcher's work puts Galveston lab in front lines of COVID battle

UTMB researcher's work puts Galveston lab in front lines of COVID battle

The Galveston County Daily News, October 8, 2021

Senior Reporter John Wayne Ferguson profiled Dr. Pei-Yong Shi, whose work on COVID-19 led to millions of people being inoculated against the virus. “We can man-make the virus and we can manipulate the virus in any way we want,” Shi said. “That’s really the landmark of being able to get a handle to study the virus, because all of a sudden, you can make changes in the virus.”