# Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDMED 2020
- Speaker: Leor Weinberger
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/leor_weinberger_can_we_create_vaccines_that_mutate_and_spread)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Viruses mutate and spread from person to person, a dynamic process that often leaves us playing catch-up when there's a new disease outbreak. What if vaccines worked the same way? Virologist Leor Weinberger shares a scientific breakthrough: "hijacker therapy," a type of medical treatment that could attack, modify and spread alongside a virus, potentially treating afflicted individuals and slowing the spread of infections like HIV.

## Lectures

1. [Can we create vaccines that mutate and spread?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/leor_weinberger_can_we_create_vaccines_that_mutate_and_spread/4d014b66337e), 21 min (TED's player)