Renewed Interest in Measles Treatments as Vaccination Rates Decline
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Teddy Rosenbluth
Summary
The article reports on renewed interest in developing treatments for measles as vaccination rates decline and outbreaks return. Researcher Dawid Zyla at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology faced skepticism when he began studying measles in 2020, as the virus was considered a problem of the past due to effective vaccines. However, with falling vaccination rates creating a potential new market, biotech companies are now exploring measles drug development.
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