Anthony Fauci - Science Friday

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Anthony Fauci Explains How To Make It Through His ‘Worst Nightmare’

‘America’s Doctor’ provides public health lessons from the AIDS epidemic, and strategies to make it out of the COVID-19 crisis.

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A Better Method For Stopping Ebola And Yellow Fever

Could real-time tracking of viral infections put a stop to future epidemics?

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17:30

In 2018, The Flu Is Back With A Vengeance

A nasty flu season has researchers doubling down on efforts to create a more effective vaccine.

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11:47

Where Do We Stand in the Fight Against Zika?

The viral storm has made landfall in the U.S, but a vaccine remains elusive.

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Zika Vaccines Ready for Testing, While Yellow Fever Shots Fall Short

Several vaccines for Zika virus have triumphed in animal tests and are now ready for human trials, but stores of vaccine for another, older tropical disease are running out.

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11:35

‘Hellish’ Conditions Gave Spark to Life on Earth

The early Earth was no place for life as we know it: Belching volcanoes, meteor strikes, hydrogen cyanide and a healthy bombardment of ultraviolet rays.

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11:55

Experimental Therapy Saves Monkeys From Deadly Dose of Ebola

ZMapp, the cocktail of antibodies used to treat two American aid workers infected with the Ebola virus, spared 18 severely ill monkeys from death.

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17:25

HIV/AIDS Update

A round-up of the latest HIV/AIDS research news and an update from the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia.

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Battling HIV, Using A Body’s Own Immune Cells

Researchers are exploring a new approach to fighting HIV infection by genetically modifying a person’s own immune cells to be resistant to the virus.

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New Vaccine Beats Malaria in Early Trials

The vaccine offered complete protection against malaria in a small trial, but only after five doses.