Decoding Vaccination: Researchers Reveal Genetic Underpinnings of Response to Measles Vaccine

[emmy526]

ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2011) — Researchers at Mayo Clinic are hacking the genetic code that controls the human response to disease vaccination, and they are using this new cipher to answer many of the deep-seated questions that plague vaccinology, including why patients respond so differently to identical vaccines and how to minimize the side effects to vaccination.

 

Led by Gregory Poland, M.D., researchers in Mayo's Vaccine Research Group are publishing results of two genetic studies that identify mutations linked to immune response to the measles vaccine. They appear in the journal Vaccine.

"We are trying to understand, to the maximum extent possible, how a person's individual genetic makeup affects response to vaccination," says Dr. Poland.

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[BeckyBird]

Good news! So, we're learning that:

Not all humans are the same. We each have a unique response to vaccines.

Vaccines are not a "one size fits all" solution.

There needs to be more research on vaccines.

Finally! The Mayo Clinic is admitting there needs to be more research. How about that? Scientific research continues, and vaccines no longer have a free pass. Now that's what I call "pro-science"!!

(I understand the article is in favor of vaccines. Yet, it shows how the medical community is changing their approach to vaccines. This is great!)