How To Improve Vaccines To Trigger T Cell As Well As Antibody Response
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
Most successful vaccines stimulate antibodies that attack and kill viruses as they scoot from one cell to another. But what about viruses and other pathogens that never leave the cell? A new theory of how the immune system recognizes pathogens suggests ways to make vaccines that trigger both antibodies and a T cell response, targeting extracellular as well as intracellular pathogens. Scientists now report results supporting the new hypothesis.