The future is vaccinology

In the next five to 15 years new vaccines and new technology for delivering them will fundamentally change how clinicians prevent and treat disease, with substantial impact on public health. Poland and colleagues (p 1315) describe how advances in current vaccines, such as conjugated pneumococcal and nasal spray vaccines, will provide an efficient way to produce longlasting protective immunity. The future holds the development of new vaccines against non-infectious diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and even nicotine dependence. However, concerns about vaccine safety and a rise in anti-vaccine sentiment are currently adversely affecting the use and development of new vaccines.


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Science, medicine, and the future: New vaccine development
Gregory A Poland, Dennis Murray, and Ruben Bonilla-Guerrero
BMJ 2002 324: 1315-1319. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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