A look into the proposed mRNA-based vaccine for the prevention of Shingles

Executed on:May 24, 2022 2:00 PM EDT

Call Duration:30 minutes

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Institution: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Infectious disease physician and researcher who develops mathematical models to address significant medical challenges, assess the potential of a wide variety of potential curative technologies, explain when and how latent viruses reactivate and use models to optimize the effectiveness of antiviral drugs.
Major focus of his work is to analyze strategies to achieve an HIV cure and study how T cells help control numerous herpes viruses that cause disease in healthy people and in cancer patients with compromised immune systems.
His team also focuses on COVID-19, including developing models of the immune response against the coronavirus and the best treatment strategies

Interview Goal

Discussing the potential of a proposed mRNA-based vaccine for the prevention of Shingles (herpes zoster virus)

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