Infection and cancer is a major cause of death and morbidity, and may be preventable through
vaccination. It is not fully understood at the molecular level why some people respond better
than others to vaccines until now the technology to assess this has not been available. This
has impaired vaccine development. The overall goal of the Human Vaccines Project is to
understand the 'rules' of how vaccines work. In this demonstration project the investigators
will vaccinate healthy adults with hepatitis B vaccine to start to understand better how it
works, ultimately helping with rational vaccine design in the future.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
University of British Columbia
Collaborators:
Human Vaccines Project Institut Pasteur J. Craig Venter Institute The Scripps Research Institute University of California, San Diego Vanderbilt University