The Hunt for a Vaccine

ALK

‘The Hunt for a Vaccine’ is a fascinating story of a major breakthrough in Danish medicine. A breakthrough that saw the light of day exactly one hundred years ago – and which still affects the lives of millions of people around the world.The story follows visionary doctors and pharmacists - from Denmark to Chicago and all the way to Shanghai - and tells the story of how it is rarely easy to be ahead of one’s time. Both then and now but probably in the future as well.This podcast is published by ALK and produced and developed by Rakkerpa...

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The Hunt for a Vaccine

Episodes (6)

Jun 8, 2023 The Mysterious Illness (1:5)
Jun 8, 2023 Resistance (2:5)
Jun 8, 2023 The Breakthrough (3:5)

The Hunt for a Vaccine

Jun 8, 2023
36½ minutes
81 MB

At the beginning of the previous century we knew very little about allergy and allergic asthma. In Denmark, where this story takes its beginning, it is believed that an allergic asthma attack in a child is the result of being spoilt. The “cure” is to cut the parents off from the child - especially the mother, who is usually the one raising the child at the time. But one doctor - Kaj Hedemann Baagøe - believes otherwise. And one groundbreaking visit at a hospital in America changes everything for him - and for Denmark as well. This podca...

The Hunt for a Vaccine

The Mysterious Illness (1:5)

ALK

00:00 -35:32