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Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread? | Leor Weinberger
Video Credit: TED
Published on October 26, 2020 - Duration: 20:59s
Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread? | Leor Weinberger
Viruses mutate and spread from person to person, a dynamic process that often leaves us playing catch-up when there's a new disease outbreak.
What if vaccines worked the same way?
Virologist Leor Weinberger shares a scientific breakthrough: "hijacker therapy," a type of medical treatment that could attack, modify and spread alongside a virus, potentially treating afflicted individuals and slowing the spread of infections like HIV.