title: Recent advances in vaccinology.
abstract: Major advances in vaccinology in the past year include the experimental use of vaccination for diseases such as Alzheimer's and stroke, a demonstration of the power of genomic approaches for target antigen identification, hopeful results in a clinical trial for a therapeutic cancer vaccine, and the successful mass immunisation of children with meningococcal conjugate vaccine in the UK.
authors.affiliation: Division of Genomic Medicine, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK. a.w.heath@shef.ac.uk
authors.forename: A W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Heath
mesh_terms: D016915:AIDS Vaccines / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D007114:Immunization / Q000639:trends*; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000639:trends; D014611:Vaccination / Q000639:trends*; D014612:Vaccines / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D019444:Vaccines, DNA / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D016915:AIDS Vaccines; D014612:Vaccines; D019444:Vaccines, DNA