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But the Real Question Is, Would Jenny McCarthy Use Them?

Dec 17, 2007

The Wall Street Journal has an article about using genomics to develop vaccines -- something that Novartis in particular has been developing. A vaccine for a certain form of meningitis, for instance, is showing promise in clinical trials and "Novartis plans to move [it] into a much-larger test involving thousands of children next year, says Rino Rappuoli, an Italian scientist who heads Novartis's vaccine research," according to the article.

 

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