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How Viruses Work

A look at how viruses work and the effort being done to research them.

02/03/2021

QED With Dr. B

How Viruses Work

Clip: Season 1 Episode 3 | 4m 57sVideo has Closed Captions

A look at how viruses work and the effort being done to research them.

Dr. Brian Ward, a professor in McGill University’s Division of Experimental Medicine, gives an overview of how viruses work and the effort being done to research them.

02/03/2021

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Support for QED with Dr. B is provided by Battelle, American Electric Power Foundation, Bath & Body Works Foundation, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and William and Diane Dawson Foundation.

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