attenuate

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“If there is persistently poor immunization coverage in a community, there is always a risk that a live, attenuated vaccine virus will revert.”

From Science Magazine

Norm Pattis, a lawyer for Mr. Biggs, derided all of this at the time as “the most attenuated, inchoate crime imaginable.”

From New York Times

Building on his own work and that of German physician Robert Koch, Pasteur developed the concept of the attenuated, or weakened, versions of microbes for use in vaccines.

From Salon

That vaccine, developed by Albert Sabin, uses a live, attenuated form of the poliovirus.

From Seattle Times

"What else can we be doing to attenuate that risk? Well, to me, it's clear from this research that formulas that have corn syrup solids confer additional risk."

From Salon