For years, the hospital has offered the influenza vaccine at no charge to its 2600 healthcare workers (HCW). Administering the vaccine in an efficient manner to a maximum number of personnel has been a challenge. The hospital, therefore, decided to conduct a drill using the influenza vaccine ...
For years, the hospital has offered the influenza vaccine at no charge to its 2600 healthcare workers (HCW). Administering the vaccine in an efficient manner to a maximum number of personnel has been a challenge. The hospital, therefore, decided to conduct a drill using the influenza vaccine ...
The team of chemists and biologists in Japan report they found a molecule that, when added to a vaccine, strengthens the immune response just as well as a commonly used adjuvant. Vaccine adjuvants are an essential part of clinically used antigen vaccines, such as influenza, hepatitis...
With a larger emphasis in recent years on what we put in our bodies, it’s no surprise that some want to know what ingredients are in a brand new product that’s hitting shelves (or freezers) in the United States: the COVID-19 vaccines. But turn the vaccine vial to the side, so t...
We found that all these TCM-adjuvants were able to increase hemagglutination inhibition (HAI) antibody titers, splenocyte proliferation, splenic T cell differentiation, bone marrow dendritic cell maturity, and both Th1 and Th2 cytokine secretion of influenza vaccine to varying degrees,...
The immune barrier is mainly consists of T cells, B cells, macrophages, dendritic cells (DC), and mast cells. Figure 3. Composition and anatomical structure of the gut barrier. The first line of defense is found in the gastrointestinal tract and the intestinal lumen. The intestinal barrier ...