Monday, December 7, 2009

Personalised Vaccines Could Protect All Children

Time for your personalised shot (Image: Phanie Agency/Rex Features)

From New Scientist:

CHILDREN whose genetic make-up means they may not be protected by the standard form of a vaccine could in future be given a personalised shot. This is the prospect raised by the discovery of gene variants that seem to predict whether an individual will produce enough antibodies in response to a vaccine to protect them against disease.

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