Podcast

Varun Dwivedi, PhD, on the Urgent Need for a New TB Vaccine

11/28/2017

 

Varun Dwivedi, PhD, from Texas Biomedical Research Institute, discusses his research on the role of IL-10 in Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, the potential for a new MTB vaccine, and how this vaccine could be effective in HIV-positive patients.

Varun Dwivedi, PhD, is a Staff Scientist II in Dr Joanne Turner's Laboratory at Texas Biomedical Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas.

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