BEHIND THE SCENES OF VIRAL SCIENCE

Seventeen years ago, when China suffered an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), it took seven months to develop animal models essential for the application of anti-virus drug findings from bench to bedside.

“At that time, we analyzed more than 20 animal species and finally identified the rhesus monkey model as the best match to assess vaccine effectiveness,” Qin Chuan, a researcher and head of the Institute of Laboratory Animal