Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2021

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, the immunologists (and married couple) share the fascinating story of how their decades of mRNA research powered the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine -- and forecast what this breakthrough science could mean for the future of vaccines and other immunotherapy treatments.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective
0:07.2	This is Ted Health.
0:08.2	I'm your host, Dr. Shoshana Unger-Lighter.
0:11.3	Today, we're sharing a love story with a global impact.
0:16.4	Wuger Shaheen and Oslem Turejee are physicians and immunologists who met as young medical
0:21.3	trainees and bonded over their mutual love of science.
0:25.3	Their passion for innovation inspired them to co-found Biontech, the company that
0:29.6	partnered with Pfizer to create a ground-breaking mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.
0:35.0	In this August 2021, Ted Monterey interviewed with the head of Ted, Chris Anderson.
0:40.6	The couple shares what developing the vaccine could mean for the future personalized cancer
0:44.9	therapy.
0:45.9	Hey, listener, a quick favor.
0:49.1	We are conducting an audience survey and we'd be really grateful if you could take just
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0:54.5	Please visit survey.prx.org slash health to take the survey today.
1:01.0	That's survey.prx.org slash health.
1:04.5	Thanks.
1:05.5	Dr. Shaheen and Dr. Turejee, welcome, such a treat to speak with you.
1:12.8	Thank you very much, Chris, it's so pleasure to be here.
1:16.2	So, Tommy, as you think back over the last 18 months, what words popped to mind for
1:21.7	you?
1:23.7	Well, one word which comes to mind is breathless.
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