How do we normally develop vaccines? We discuss the four stages that a new vaccine must pass through successfully before it is made available to the public.    

Click above to listen to part 2 of Vaccine, When?, featuring Bonnie Maldonado, Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Vaccine, When?:
Part 1: Nigel Brown / Are Viruses Alive?
Part 2: Bonnie Maldonado / Vaccine Development
Part 3: Ian Haydon / Vaccine Trial
Part 4: Paul Offit / Coronavirus Vaccine

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