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episode 32: Creating vaccines
A question of time
There is a „before" and „during" regarding the pandemic. Many people in the world are impatient while waiting for a COVID-19-vaccine. Why is it taking so long, and because of the pandemic, might it be smart to get a flu shot this fall? In the ETH-Podcast, we talk to two immunologists about these questions: Professor Emma Slack from ETH and Johannes Trück, a pediatrician from Kinderspital Zürich.
ETH news article with Emma Slack on vaccines: «Our research could help to design vaccines for the epidemics of the future.»
More information on ETH Institute of Microbiology: https://micro.biol.ethz.ch/
More information on infectiology and hospital hygiene (German only): https://www.kispi.uzh.ch/de/zuweiser/fachbereiche/infektiologie-spitalhygiene/Seiten/default.aspx
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