Promising Results from a Nasal Pertussis Vaccine Against Whooping Cough
A new nasal pertussis vaccine against whooping cough has shown promising results. The vaccine was shown to be safe and to work against whooping cough in a study conducted in healthy adults. Professor Qiushui He and Project Researcher Alex-Mikael Barkoff from the InFLAMES research flagship of the University of Turku participated in the study. The research article was published in the esteemed medical journal Lancet.
Pertussis More Common in Europe than Previously Thought
Although vaccination programmes against pertussis are very effective in Europe, new Finnish study shows that the disease is still very common among middle-aged adults in various European countries. At the same time, the results show that the disease is underdiagnosed as the annually reported figures are considerably lower than those discovered in the study.
Large-scale Research Initiative Accelerates Development of Novel Pertussis Vaccine
A research team of 22 researchers from 11 countries investigating means to defeat pertussis, or whooping cough, has received €28 million funding for creating a novel vaccine. Participants from Finland include a team of researchers from the University of Turku, who explore the resistance created by the vaccine and the immunity caused by pertussis.
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Children cannot be given the vaccine until the age of 2–3 months. For people without vaccination, pertussis can be lethal.
InFLAMES - Solution is in Immunity
InFLAMES - Solution is in Immunity
The InFLAMES Flagship (Innovation Ecosystem based on the Immune System) is a joint effort of University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University aiming at being an internationally recognized, top-level, immunological research and development cluster which will be globally attractive both for the researchers and business partners.
Infection and immunity
The research groups of the unit study the role of microbes and immune system in health and diseases, and the laboratory diagnostics and treatment of infectious and other inflammatory diseases.
UTU Research Faculty of Medicine – UTU RFM
UTU Research – Faculty of Medicine or shortly RFM, gathers the principal investigators at the Faculty of Medicine.