Ian Frazer

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Frazer, Ian; Gardasil

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Ian Frazer: Media

Scottish-born Australian immunologist

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Gloved hands draw liquid from a vial into a syringe, overlaid on a digitally colored microscopic image of a virus with round particles in clusters.

How we develop new vaccines

Worried about diphtheria? No? Thank vaccines.

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Frazer, Ian; Gardasil

Frazer, Ian; Gardasil

Ian Frazer preparing to administer the vaccine Gardasil, 2006.

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