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Vaccines against viruses - protection against diseases

Vaccines against viruses - protection against diseases

InFact - Der HZI-Podcast. Wissenschaft, die ansteckt. vor 2 Jahren

An interview with Professor Thomas Pietschmann

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Depending on where you are travelling, different viruses are on the
move, some of which can cause life-threatening illnesses. Either
through contaminated water or food or through insects that can
transmit them when bitten. They can spread all over the world due
to climate change, travelling and global transport chains. We have
all experienced what this can mean in recent years. What can help:
Vaccines and other medicines that help our immune system to fight
off these pathogens. Finding them is not so easy. For Professor
Thomas Pietschmann, head of the Institute of Experimental Virology
at TWINCORE and spokesperson for the "Infection Research" research
programme at the HZI, this means: challenge accepted! The
conversation is about viruses, how important vaccines are, how
difficult the search for them is and how important
interdisciplinarity is here. Transparency notice: The podcast
contains AI-generated audio material.