VS Pandemics and Pathogens: Creating Supermolecules to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and COVID-19

22/04/2021 15 min Temporada 2 Episodio 3
VS Pandemics and Pathogens: Creating Supermolecules to Fight HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and COVID-19

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For years, SickKids scientist Dr. Jean-Philippe Julien toiled in his lab, harnessing the power of human antibodies to try and neutralize two of the world’s deadliest diseases: HIV/AIDS and malaria. Then, COVID-19 hit, wreaking havoc across the globe. Very quickly, Dr. Julien pivoted, leveraging what he learned to pursue a new mission: making an antibody supermolecule to neutralize SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. If successful, it could radically reshape the way we approach diseases like COVID-19 and malaria—before the next pandemic hits.For more information on this episode, visit sickkidsfoundation.com/podcast/pandemic . And to fund research like this, go to sickkidsfoundation.com/donateSickKids Foundation is proud to recognize CIBC as the Premier Sponsor of the SickKids VS Podcast.

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