Penn professor of vaccine research discusses the Covid vaccine development process

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Dr. Drew Weissman, Professor of Vaccine Research at the University of Pennsylvania, whose research led to the development of the Covid-19 mRNA vaccines, discusses the technology behind the vaccines and how it speeds up the process of vaccine development.

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