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Vaccines have been highly successful in protecting us from infectious disease and there is now much interest in the use of vaccination to tackle other health issues. This article discusses the feasibility, as well as the ethical implications, of vaccinating patients against drugs of abuse.
The childhood vaccination campaigns of the twentieth century represent one of the great success stories of modern medicine. But are we yet to realize the full potential of vaccines? This article discusses the medical needs of the twenty-first century society and proposes that new vaccines will play a major part in addressing these needs.
Have you ever wondered about the underlying mechanism of why you become lethargic when you have an infection, and why you are more susceptible to infection during times of stressful life circumstances? Here, the reciprocal interactions between behaviour and innate immunity to optimize total organism fitness are discussed.
