and on my tour just now, doctors nancy sullivan and mario roederer showed me how their teams did it. have to say that both nancy and mario really good teachers and very patient with my rudimentary questions, and the lasers were really cool. [laughter] [applause] no potential ebola vaccine has ever made it this far. so this is exciting news. but it is also a reminder of the importance of government funded research and to keep investing in basic research. [cheers] [applause] [cheers] [applause] because nancy, as she was talking about the steps that have been taken, showed me -- this is the kind of mementos scientist keep -- is there were some numbers on a little chart. [laughter] from back in 1999? in which he had first done some experiments in trials on the ebola virus. so this is the product not just the blasters work, it is the product of over a decade of inquiry and work. and at the time when nancy was explaining when she first had some breakthroughs in understanding the ebola virus, nobody really gave a hoot. and until you do, that is part of how science works, you make investment