Launching new content 💉

Exciting times once again - we are just about to launch new content on how the immune system works and how vaccines help protect us against some of the most devastating infections.

Please visit our new pages providing an Introduction to Immunology, explaining basic concepts of ‘innate immunity’ and ‘adaptive immunity’.

The new extension of our adventure trail now also covers vaccination, undoubtedly one of the greatest triumphs of modern medicine and science.

We explain how different types of vaccines work:

• attenuated vaccines

• inactivated vaccines

• protein vaccines

• mRNA vaccines

And we have created a new part in our Downloads section where we make resources available for people who want to learn more about the immune system and vaccines, for instance the British Society for Immunology’s “Guide to childhood vaccinations” and Public Health England’s “Visual Guide to Vaccines”.

We hope you enjoy the new materials, and as always we are looking forward to receiving your feedback!

A nurse vaccinating a young baby with the inactivated polio vaccine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Gavi/2015/Phil Moore).