Vincent visits Sandra Urdaneta-Hartmann at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia to talk about the development of the mobile video game ‘CD4 Hunter’.
Host: Vincent Racaniello
Guest: Sandra Urdaneta-Hartmann
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