As Covid-19 spread across the world, killing millions of people, scientists were engaged in a parallel race to find ways to stop the virus in its tracks.

Now researchers at the University of Edinburgh are building on their work in the pandemic, to change the way we treat other diseases.

Sky's Science and Technology Editor Tom Clarke was given this exclusive look.

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