In an effort to avoid a future pandemic, Dr. Anthony Fauci wants to launch a plan to make prototype vaccines to protect against more viruses that threaten human lives.
that could protect against pathogens from 20 families of viruses that threaten human lives.
Using research tools that have worked with COVID-19, scientists would study the molecular structure of each virus, searching for the spots where antibodies must strike it, and figuring out how to prompt the body to make those antibodies.
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