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Peter Piot helped discover Ebola. Fifty years on, he’s advocating for a ‘holy grail’ vaccine

The Age Angus Dalton

26 Sept 2026 05:00 AEST Summary

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The renowned virologist has turned his attention to Australian research efforts to develop multi-strain vaccines, described as harder than putting man on the moon.

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of laboratory medical research, used to illustrate it. DNA lab umseas / flickr, CC BY

**Not from this story.** A library photograph of laboratory medical research, used to illustrate it. DNA lab umseas / flickr, CC BY

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Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Sydney Morning Herald Peter Piot helped discover Ebola. Fifty years on, he’s advocating for a ‘holy grail’ vaccine Niral 5.3 political 0 WAtoday Peter Piot helped discover Ebola. Fifty years on, he’s advocating for a ‘holy grail’ vaccine Niral 5.3 political 0 Brisbane Times Peter Piot helped discover Ebola. Fifty years on, he’s advocating for a ‘holy grail’ vaccine Niral 5.3 political 0