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Tuberculosis Vaccines
Investigators at University of Strasbourg have published new data on tuberculosis vaccines
July 8th, 2008
According to recent research from Strasbourg, France, "Using the example of the anti-tuberculosis vaccine BCG during the 1920s and 1930s, this article asks how a labile laboratory-modified bacteria was transformed into a genuine standard vaccine packaged and commercialized as a pharmaceutical product. At the center of the analysis lies the notion of standardization inquiring why and how a local laboratory process with standard operating procedures (SOPs) reached its limits and was transformed when the product faced international distribution." "Moving from Paul Ehrlich's initial technological notion of Wertbestimmung referring to a practice physiologically testing the...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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