TANG PRIZE/Tang Prize laureate lauds vaccines, slams anti-vax activism
08/02/2023 09:59 PM
Vaccines save more lives than any other treatment, messenger RNA (mRNA) pioneer and Tang Prize winner Drew Weissman said Wednesday, adding that although anti-vax sentiment was not new, the fact it had recently snowballed into a wider political issue was concerning.
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