Applying mRNA Vaccine Technology to HIV/AIDS

18/01/2022

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Episode Synopsis



Host: Charles Turck, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP

Guest: Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH



Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are also facing high rates of HIV and AIDS prevalence. But after the success of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, could an mRNA vaccine for HIV/AIDS be on the horizon? Here to explore emerging research and the potential role that mRNA technology might have in battling this global epidemic is Dr. Chris Beyrer, a Professor of Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

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