Bellevue Chamber of Commerce Business Lunch: Solving the Ebola Epidemic

Event Schedules

Hyatt Regency Bellevue

900 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue 98004

Oct 30 2014 - Oct 30 2014

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM on Thurs

Event Description

Why is there no Ebola vaccine or cure? How do we solve this epidemic? Find out the strategy that local biotech company Kineta, in partnership with University of Washington researchers, is using in their quest to develop antiviral drugs that may cure a wide array of viruses in addition to Ebola including flu, West Nile virus, dengue fever and possibly even the common cold. Dr. Charles Magness, President & CEO of Kineta, will highlight both the opportunities and challenges of this quest to increase the enzyme that activates the body’s innate immune system to fight off viral infections.