Next-gen cure for killer infections?
In the early 1980s, Kary Mullis developed the polymerase chain reaction, an elegant way to make copies of a DNA strand using the enzyme polymerase and some basic DNA “building blocks.” Mullis shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing this technique. Most recently, he’s been taking a look at immunity; a recent patent from his company Altermune describes the redirection of an existing immune response to a new pathogen. Video:
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