Brain barrier

By Nicky Phillips
Updated November 20 2012 - 12:14pm, first published November 10 2012 - 3:00am
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Ian Frazer.
Ian Frazer.

IAN Frazer knows how to prevent and treat herpes. In mice. Next year, the prize-winning immunologist behind the cervical cancer vaccine will scrutinise clinical data to determine whether his vaccine for the sexually transmitted virus, which infects one in 10 people, is safe and effective in humans. ''The vaccine is designed to prevent and treat infection,'' he says.

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