At his flu institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researcher Yoshihiro Kawaoka is already studying the swine flu virus, prodding its genes for signs of weakness.
At his nearby company, FluGen, Kawaoka is developing vaccines for swine flu, bird flu and regular flu.
“I work on anything about the flu,” said the renown scientist, who received a sample of the swine flu virus last week from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.