Alerting the immune system's watchmen to improve vaccines

As the days get colder and shorter, we carve jack-o-lanterns and drink pumpkin spice lattes. But one fall tradition can actually keep you healthy: getting your flu shot. Like all vaccines, the flu shot trains the immune system to fend off infection, but some need help to produce the full effect. Researchers now report a new way to help improve vaccines using molecules that more effectively direct the immune system.

Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news