Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective
vaccines against viral diseases such as influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these viruses.
So why are vets and vaccine manufacturers still trying to get us to
vaccinate against viral disease every year, or even three - yearly — especially when you consider the risk?
Under his direction, the Institute entered its «modern era» and embarked on a major effort to create
vaccines against viral diseases and study the biology of cancer.
Historically, vaccines
against viral diseases have used live - attenuated (weakened) viruses or inactivated whole viruses to induce protective immune responses.