/newsroom/taxonomy/term/155/all en /newsroom/channels/news/cbc-these-quebec-professors-are-trying-develop-coronavirus-vaccine-321061 <p>Researchers at two Quebec universities are working together in hopes of developing a new vaccine that could prevent COVID-19 and similar outbreaks. <strong>Amine Kamen</strong>, a biomedical engineer at º«¹úÂãÎè will be working with Denis Leclerc, a researcher from Laval University. <strong>Kamen</strong>'s primary role in the research will be to generate antigens — toxins that urge the body to create antibodies in order to fight off disease.</p> Mon, 09 Mar 2020 14:25:48 +0000 amelia.souffrant@mail.mcgill.ca 201650 at /newsroom /newsroom/amine-kamen Thu, 19 Dec 2019 19:35:06 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24313 at /newsroom