Scientists from the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin at the National Children’s Research Centre (NCRC) have identified a class of “danger signals” that are highly efficient at triggering an immune response in infants. The findings have just been published in the prestigious Journal of Immunology.
Infection remains the most common cause of mortality in early life. Vaccination is by far the most effective intervention at preventing infectious disease, however, new-born babies do not respond optimally to most vaccines due to their immature immune system.
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