A new vaccine has shown promise in protecting the most vulnerable patients -- young children -- against malaria, says a study. Researchers found the vaccine stimulated strong and long-lasting immune responses in Mali children. Actually, the antibody levels the vaccine produced were as high or even higher than the antibody levels found in adults who have naturally developed protective immune responses to the parasite over lifelong exposure to malaria. "The findings imply that we may have achieved our goal of using a vaccine to reproduce the natural protective immunity that normally takes years of intense exposure to malaria to develop," says Christopher V. Plowe, professor at the Centre for Vaccine Development (CVD), Maryland University.
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