UWTV Program: Developing Vaccines for Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases
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Developing Vaccines for Emerging and Global Infectious Diseases
Lawrence Corey, professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, discusses how vaccines work to influence population-based effects on reducing and infection or disease. Dr. Corey describes the financial and scientific challenges in developing vaccines for diseases that affect primarily the non-industrialized countries and discusses why developing and manufacturing new types of vaccines has lagged behind the development of novel therapies. His presentation also focuses on issues surrounding the HIV vaccine and pandemic avian flu.

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Series Title:Pediatric Bioethics Conference 2006: Ethical Issues Related to Vaccination of Children
Subject(s):Health and Medicine
Speaker(s): Lawrence Corey, MD, head, division of virology, department of laboratory medicine, University of Washington
Related Link(s):Children's Hospital web site
Production Date: 07/14/2006
Runtime: 54:54
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