New insights could lead to a better pneumococcal vaccine
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 - 08:14
in Health & Medicine
Discovery of a new, previously unknown mechanism of immunity suggests that there may be a better way to protect vulnerable children and adults against Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcal) infection, say researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard School of Public Health...
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