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#67 - 'Viral' Vaccines for Bat Viruses - Megan Griffiths | University of Glasgow
Megan Griffiths is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She researches an innovative tool for public health: self-spreading vaccines in wildlife. Today, she explains the history of vaccinating wildlife and how self-spreading vaccines work.
To learn more about Megan's work, visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Megan-Griffiths-13.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
02:38 Why We Vaccinate Animals
04:50 Risks from Wild Animals
05:52 Historical Case Studies
08:19 Edible Vaccines
10:59 Self-Spreading Vaccines
14:18 Harmless Viruses
16:03 Pros/Cons of Self-Spreading Vaccines
P.S. Some fancy words Megan used:
- Clinical trials: carefully regulated tests to show taht a medicine is or isn't effective.
- System: a group of organisms that interact
- Antigen: a part of a virus that our immune system can recognise as dangerous. Like a 'red flag' marking danger.
- Mutate: an organism changing its DNA, allowing it to have different capabilities.
- Metabolism: the process of converting food to energy
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By The Knowledge ArchivesMegan Griffiths is a PhD student at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. She researches an innovative tool for public health: self-spreading vaccines in wildlife. Today, she explains the history of vaccinating wildlife and how self-spreading vaccines work.
To learn more about Megan's work, visit: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Megan-Griffiths-13.
Timeline:
00:00 Introduction
02:38 Why We Vaccinate Animals
04:50 Risks from Wild Animals
05:52 Historical Case Studies
08:19 Edible Vaccines
10:59 Self-Spreading Vaccines
14:18 Harmless Viruses
16:03 Pros/Cons of Self-Spreading Vaccines
P.S. Some fancy words Megan used:
- Clinical trials: carefully regulated tests to show taht a medicine is or isn't effective.
- System: a group of organisms that interact
- Antigen: a part of a virus that our immune system can recognise as dangerous. Like a 'red flag' marking danger.
- Mutate: an organism changing its DNA, allowing it to have different capabilities.
- Metabolism: the process of converting food to energy