How does Pasteur's work relate to modern vaccines?
My development of vaccines for anthrax and rabies was a direct application of the germ theory. I learned that by weakening or attenuating these disease-causing microbes, I could introduce them into an animal's body in a controlled manner. This exposure would then stimulate the body's own defenses to create immunity, preventing a more severe illness upon subsequent exposure to the virulent form of the pathogen. This principle remains the bedrock of modern vaccination strategies.
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