Infectious disease: Poliovirus tweaked for safer vaccines

Infectious disease: Poliovirus tweaked for safer vaccines Nature 529, 7585 (2016). doi:10.1038/529131b Poliovirus has been genetically modified so that it can be used in vaccines without the risk of spreading the disease.Inactivated polio vaccine is currently made (pictured) using highly infectious strains of the virus. To guard against accidental release, the World Health Organization
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