Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast
The Naked Scientists
Zika vaccine breakthrough
4 minutes Posted Aug 8, 2016 at 11:00 pm.
0:00
4:39
Download MP3
Show notes
Cases of Zika virus infection in Florida are continuing to rise, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued travel advice urging pregnant women not to travel to certain parts of the country. The good news is that scientists testing three new types of Zika vaccine have found that they all work safely and rapidly in monkeys. One of the vaccines is made from killed virus grown in culture, another is based on a small piece of DNA containing the genetic information coding for the outer coat of Zika, and the third is made by adding part of that same outer coat to a common cold... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists