rade-offs in medicine can be harsh, even when clearly necessary. Chemotherapy can save people from cancer, but the side effects can wreak havoc on their bodies for months or years. These trade-offs aren’t limited to the clinical world. They are also part of research.For half a decade, I oversaw testing a new vaccine against the hepatitis C virus, a slowly progressing and usually silent infectious disease that damages the liver over decades, and can cause cancer and even . The trade-off in this research meant that our team intervened to try to prevent the very hepatitis C infections that...…rade-offs in medicine can be harsh, even when clearly necessary. Chemotherapy can save people from cancer, but the side effects can wreak havoc on their bodies for months or years. These trade-offs aren’t limited to the clinical world. They are also part of research.For half a decade, I oversaw testing a new vaccine against the hepatitis C virus, a slowly progressing and usually silent infectious disease that damages the liver over decades, and can cause cancer and even . The trade-off in this research meant that our team intervened to try to prevent the very hepatitis C infections that...WW…