Comments on: Vaccine Week: A Brief History and How Vaccines Work

By: Smithsonian Magazines on Vaccines « Planet Nora

Smithsonian Magazines on Vaccines « Planet Nora — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:29:36 +0000

[...] And from October… Vaccine Week: A Brief History and How Vaccines Work. [...]

By: Vaccines Don't Cause Autism | Surprising Science

Vaccines Don't Cause Autism | Surprising Science — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:44:28 +0000

[...] more information on vaccines, read A Brief History and How Vaccines Work, Success Stories and A History of Vaccine Backlash from our Vaccine Week coverage last year.) [...]

By: Beth Lynch

Beth Lynch — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:50:21 +0000

I never understood why Mom’s home remedy for canker sores was alum, but I know it works. A link in Day 1′s article gives a plausible explanation for why alum is effective as an adjuvant in vaccines. The mechanism – alum stimulates inflammasomes which release cytokines which signal immune cells to fight infection – could be the same when alum is applied to canker sores. I’m continually amazed by our world.

By: Vaccine Week, Day 4: Swine Flu Edition | Surprising Science

Vaccine Week, Day 4: Swine Flu Edition | Surprising Science — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:51:22 +0000

[...] Science has spent the last three days discussing the history and science of vaccines (see A Brief History and How Vaccines Work, Success Stories, and A History of Vaccine Backlash). Today we answer some of the more common [...]

By: Vaccine Week, Day 3: A History of Vaccine Backlash | Surprising Science

Vaccine Week, Day 3: A History of Vaccine Backlash | Surprising Science — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:03:16 +0000

[...] and their importance in battling diseases, including swine flu. See Monday’s post for part 1, A Brief History and How Vaccines Work, and yesterday for part 2, Success [...]

By: Vaccine Week: Success Stories | Surprising Science

Vaccine Week: Success Stories | Surprising Science — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:19:49 +0000

[...] in battling viruses and diseases, including swine flu. See yesterday’s post for part 1, A Brief History and How Vaccines Work. A sign warning of a smallpox hospital during a 1953 outbreak of the disease in Yorkshire, England [...]