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Genetic Vaccines [Preview]

Vaccines crafted from genetic material might one day prevent AIDS, malaria and other devastating infections that defy current immunization technologies. They may even help treat cancer

By David B. Weiner and Ronald C. Kennedy















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Vaccines arguably constitute the greatest achievement of modern medicine. They have eradicated smallpox, pushed polio to the brink of extinction and spared

countless people from typhus, tetanus, measles, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, rotavirus and other dangerous infections. Successful vaccines have yet to be


This article was originally published with the title Genetic Vaccines.



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