Vaccine Race

Until the late 1960s, tens of thousands of children suffered crippling birth defects if their mothers had been exposed to rubella, popularly known as German measles, while pregnant; there was no vaccine and little understanding of how the disease devastated foetuses. The is story of a major breakthrough in cell biology.

Pana la sfarsitul anilor 1960, zeci de mii de copii au suferit defecte congenitale infirma daca mamele lor ar fi fost expuse la rubeola, cunoscuta popular sub numele de rujeola germana, in timpul sarcinii; nu a existat niciun vaccin si putina intelegere a modului in care boala a devastat faturile. Este povestea unei descoperiri majore in biologia celulara.