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La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology
LIAI researchers discover new cellular mechanism that will significantly advance vaccine development
July 16th, 2008
La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) scientists have discovered one for the textbooks. Their finding, reported in the scientific journal Immunity, illuminates a new, previously unknown mechanism in how the body fights a virus. The finding runs counter to traditional scientific understanding of this process and will provide scientists a more effective method for developing vaccines. "Our research grew from the question, "why do you get good antibody responses to some parts of (virus) pathogens and poor responses to other parts'" said LIAI scientist Shane Crotty, Ph.D., the lead researcher on the paper, "Selective CD4 T cell help for antibody responses to a...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-16)
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