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...need. John J. Mekalanos, chair of the Harvard Medical School’s Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, developed a cheaper, faster technique for manufacturing conjugate vaccines, which protect against multiple diseases caused by bacteria such as pneumococcus, which can cause everything from ear infections to pneumonia. The vaccines??€™ capacity to protect against a variety of diseases at once makes them particularly valuable in developing parts of the world. The only such vaccine currently available to fight these diseases—Prevnar, produced by the pharmaceutical company Wyeth—remains too costly for the developing nations...

Author: By Benjamin M. Jaffe, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: HMS To Increase Vaccine Access | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

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