Nikolai Petrovsky (scientist)
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Nikolai Petrovsky is an Australian immunologist, endocrinologist and vaccine developer. He is Professor of Medicine and Director of Endocrinology at Flinders University.[1] He is founder and chairman of Vaxine Pty Ltd, which has developed vaccines against SARS and MERS and is currently[when?] developing a vaccine for SARS-COV-2.[2][not in citation given][3]
Education and career[edit]
Petrovsky obtained an MBBS in Medicine from the University of Tasmania in 1982, and a Ph.D in Immunology from the University of Melbourne in 1996.[citation needed]
COVID-19[edit]
COVID-19 vaccine[edit]
Petrovsky has been working on a recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine called COVAX-19.[4] The vaccine caused a controversy when the vaccine wasn't approved by Australian authorities following a Phase III trial in Iran.[5] A federal Health Department spokeswoman rejected this claim and said all applications and being treated "with the greatest priority."[6] In March 2022, the vaccine failed to pass the first phase of clinical trials.[7] In April 2022, Petrovsky launched a second trial.[8]
COVID-19 origins[edit]
Petrovsky published a study on SARS-COV-2 using computer modelling, concluding that the virus' spike protein is best adapted to humans out of all the species, suggesting a possible lab origin.[9] The consensus among relevant experts is that Petrovsky's finding is likely spurious, and that no such pre-adaptation exists.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Professor Nikolai Petrovsky". Flinders University.
- ↑ https://vaxine.net/covid-19/
- ↑ "Vaxine expects to start Phase II trials for potential COVID-19 vaccine in weeks". Reuters. July 29, 2020 – via www.reuters.com.
- ↑ "Researcher refuses vaccines because he's had a dose of his own COVID-19 jab". ABC News. November 2, 2021 – via www.abc.net.au.
- ↑ "The Petrovsky Affair". The Spectator Australia. November 6, 2021.
- ↑ https://amp.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/prof-nikolai-petrovsky-claims-he-will-be-sacked-for-insisting-on-taking-his-own-vaccine/news-story/c71d870c4ce41c06b53b275731cca0de
- ↑ "'No evidence' Aussie's Covid vaccine works". www.theaustralian.com.au. March 11, 2022.
- ↑ "Second trial for unproven Covid-19 vaccine". www.theaustralian.com.au. April 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Lab leak theory, once 'political dynamite,' gains credibility in new study". news.yahoo.com.
- ↑ Holmes, Edward C.; Goldstein, Stephen A.; Rasmussen, Angela L.; Robertson, David L.; Crits-Christoph, Alexander; Wertheim, Joel O.; Anthony, Simon J.; Barclay, Wendy S.; Boni, Maciej F.; Doherty, Peter C.; Farrar, Jeremy; Geoghegan, Jemma L.; Jiang, Xiaowei; Leibowitz, Julian L.; Neil, Stuart J.D.; Skern, Tim; Weiss, Susan R.; Worobey, Michael; Andersen, Kristian G.; Garry, Robert F.; Rambaut, Andrew (September 2021). "The origins of SARS-CoV-2: A critical review". Cell. 184 (19): 4848–4856. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.017. PMC 8373617 Check
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