Winter always brings its fair share of headlines about new viral outbreaks, urging the young, old and vulnerable to head for a flu vaccine. With the future continuing struggle against diseases, EU researchers developed new immunisation technologies and included investigations into the different responses to vaccines in these special populations.
To prevent and possibly eliminate emerging and unresolved infectious diseases such as influenza and tuberculosis, there is a need to harness the potential of the human immune system. The EU ADITEC (Advanced immunization technologies) project has enabled this ambitious goal by adopting a multidisciplinary, systems biology approach to develop the necessary powerful immunisation technologies.
Further details: A toolbox of advanced technologies for next generation vaccines