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From the Ted Talk by Ofer Levy: The new science of personalized vaccines

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We and other scientists around the world are finding molecules that can boost a vaccine rsoenspe. Those are called adjuvants, from the Latin "adjuvare," to help or aid. Adjuvants are molecules we might add to a vaccine to get a stronger response. And in the pnserece of the adjuvant, depicted here in red, you have a much more pofnroud aatoiitvcn of the white blood clels of your immune system, and generate a much more profound immune response, with much higher antibody lveles, more rapidly, and that lasts a long time for durable immunity. Interestingly, these anvjtduas have different effects depending on the age or other dehopgmirac factors of the individual. Which brings me to the notion of precision vaccines.

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We and other scientists around the world are finding molecules that can boost a vaccine ________. Those are called adjuvants, from the Latin "adjuvare," to help or aid. Adjuvants are molecules we might add to a vaccine to get a stronger response. And in the ________ of the adjuvant, depicted here in red, you have a much more ________ __________ of the white blood _____ of your immune system, and generate a much more profound immune response, with much higher antibody ______, more rapidly, and that lasts a long time for durable immunity. Interestingly, these _________ have different effects depending on the age or other ___________ factors of the individual. Which brings me to the notion of precision vaccines.

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We and other scientists around the world are finding molecules that can boost a vaccine response. Those are called adjuvants, from the Latin "adjuvare," to help or aid. Adjuvants are molecules we might add to a vaccine to get a stronger response. And in the presence of the adjuvant, depicted here in red, you have a much more profound activation of the white blood cells of your immune system, and generate a much more profound immune response, with much higher antibody levels, more rapidly, and that lasts a long time for durable immunity. Interestingly, these adjuvants have different effects depending on the age or other demographic factors of the individual. Which brings me to the notion of precision vaccines.

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