How to make a vaccine : an essential guide for COVID-19 & beyond

Rhodes, John 1947- (author.).

Summary: "Dr. John Rhodes, an immunologist with firsthand experience developing vaccines, unravels the mystery of how vaccines re designed, tested, and produced at scale for global deployment. ...describes in everyday language how the immune system evolved to combat infection, how mutated viruses evade our defenses, and how vaccines do their work...[and] how discoveries in the fight against COVID-19, such as the recent breakthrough in the development of nucleic acid vaccines, never before used in humans, are also empowering scientists to combat future threats to global health."--back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9780226792514
Physical Description: xiv, 170 pages ; 22 cm
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Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2021.
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Understand the Virus -- Explore the Immune System -- Discover a Vaccine -- Develop Vaccines -- Evaluate the Contenders -- Don't Count on the Magic Bullet -- Overcome the Hurdles -- Embrace Many Solutions -- Epilogue -- Appendix: COVID-19 vaccines and vaccine candidates.