Mathematical models of adaptive immunity

Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 08:01 in Health & Medicine

More than five million people die every year from infectious diseases, despite the availability of numerous antibiotics and vaccines. The discovery of penicillin to treat bacterial infections, along with the development of vaccines for previously incurable virus diseases such as polio and smallpox, achieved great reductions in mortality during the mid-20th century...

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