THE BEARING OF ADVANCES IN THE BASIC MEDI CAL SCIENCES, IN PARTICULARIMMUNOLOGY ON THE DESIGN OF NEW VACCINES

The identification of the type of immune response which leads to the e limination of a pathogen by infected hosts is an important step in the design of a new vaccine. The progress made during recent years in bas ic immunology and molecular biology offers rational means by which to select the type of immune response elicited by a vaccine. In this brie f communication the applicability of discoveries in basic immunology t o the design of new vaccines is discussed.