From Blog by Halo: “Universities have long played a central role in global medical advancement. Higher education institutions are responsible for inventing crucial equipment and techniques, such as the MRI scanner and surgery under anesthesia. Among these important innovations is the Hepatitis B vaccine, which emerged from a collaboration between the University of Pennsylvania and the Fox Chase Cancer Center, one of the nation’s first cancer hospitals. At the time, virology was still a new science. So, doctors had limited resources and methodology for dealing with HBV and other sexually transmitted diseases.”
