Dr. Ofer Levy, Director of the Precision Vaccines Program, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Using their “small sample – big data” approach, they can use a tiny sample of blood from the newborn to test in the laboratory different possible ways to increase the baby’s natural immune response.

Antigens fight infections.  Adjuvants enhance the action of the antigens.

By reducing the risk of harmful diseases, vaccines allow young children to live to adulthood, and help older people to live longer and healthier lives.

Dr. Levy works with colleagues worldwide to ensure that vaccines are tested with the broadest possible range of genetics and ethnicities.

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We interview Dr. Ofer Levy, Chief of the Department of Precision Vaccines at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Levy leads a group of scientists working to develop vaccines that are safe and effective for people of all ages and ethnicities. When will we have a vaccine for COVID? Will it be safe and effective? Will the pressure to have a vaccine quickly mean that there will be risks? Who is developing vaccines and for whose benefit? We discuss these questions and more.