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Highnam: DARPA Work Has Aided COVID-19 Vaccine Development

Highnam: DARPA Work Has Aided COVID-19 Vaccine Development
Peter Highnam, the acting director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA Photo)

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) past vaccine work has aided the search for a COVID-19 vaccine, Peter Highnam, DARPA's acting director, told the Defense Writers Group in a virtual discussion on July 30. "The investments DARPA made 10 to 15 years ago are the ones that are now at the forefront providing interventions, treatments, diagnostics, and other ways we're going to get out of this mess," he said. "Looking at the vaccines, DARPA does not have any vaccine…

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