BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/Phoenix X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Phoenix BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1464@azbio.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200506T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200506T104500 DTSTAMP:20200429T034442Z URL:https://www.azbio.org/events/developing-new-tools-in-the-pandemic-resp onse-toolbox SUMMARY:Developing new tools in the pandemic response toolbox - Webinar - 6 May 20 10:00 DESCRIPTION:\n \;\nDeveloping new tools in the pandemic response \; toolbox\nWednesday\, May 6th at 1 pm EST (10 AM AZ)\nJake \;Adams\n\n\ nThe ideal pandemic response must include a pharmaceutical approach\, both vaccines to prevent new infections and treatments to address those infect ed. The ideal vaccine and treatment is rapidly developed and deployed\, ad aptable to the specific pandemic\, safe\, and \;stable.\n\nThis presen tation will discuss how new siRNA and mRNA modalities could be deployed as treatments and as vaccines respectively\, and the potential advantages th ey could offer to traditional approaches. The ongoing efforts to develop t hese therapies for COVID-19 will be discussed as well as the presently exi sting hurdles. If COVID-19 has come too early for these platforms to reach their infectious disease fighting potential\, then it should serve as the start of the development process\, not the \;end.\n\nRegister here! CATEGORIES:webinars LOCATION:Webinar\, Anywhere\, USA\, United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Anywhere\, USA\, United Sta tes;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Webinar:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Phoenix X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Phoenix BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20190507T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR