Dr. Steven Zeichner and his team at UVA began their research by thinking about the qualities they wanted in future vaccines — then coming up with a way to fill that bill.
“A technology that can be used to make many different vaccines using the same underlying approach,” he explains.
Zeichner is a professor of pediatrics and microbiology. He says new vaccines must be affordable.
“The reason for that is we need vaccines not just for the rich countries of the world but also for the poor countries of the world, and that’s not altruism. That’s practicality.”…