Even better, it’s cheap, entirely pain-free, no need to stand in a line, and not followed by fever, swelling, redness, or a ...

With a toxoid vaccine, the goal is to condition the immune system to combat not an invading virus or bacteria but rather a toxin produced by that invading virus or bacteria. The tetanus shot is ...

In even better news, it seems that this mechanism can be applied to a wide range of pathogens. In another test, they swapped the tetanus toxin for diphtheria, and found it also generated a ...

According to Tilson, tetanus develops when bacteria enter the body through deep cuts or wounds, which then creates bacteria ...