Decoding vaccination: Researchers reveal genetic underpinnings of response to measles vaccine
Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 12:31
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to disease vaccination, and they are using this new cipher to answer many of the deep-seated questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines and how to minimize the side effects to vaccination.