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Talking about Vaccines with Dr. Stanley Plotkin

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In these short videos, Dr. Stanley Plotkin, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania, answers questions about vaccines.

  • What is an adjuvant, and why are they used in vaccines?
  • How is a vaccine processed by the body when it is given as a shot?
  • How can we still use a fetal cell line from the 1960s to make vaccines today?
  • What does it mean when a vaccine trial is double-blinded?
  • How do clinical trials work?
  • What does the FDA monitor during vaccine clinical trials?


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