Experimental Schistosomiasis Vaccine Shows Promising Results in Clinical Trials

For a vaccine to be effective, it must do two things. First, it must trigger an immune response. Second, the vaccine must train the body to remember the response so it can fight that same disease in the future. Now, new research shows that the only vaccine being tested to prevent and treat schistosomiasis can do both, and the researcher who made it possible is Afzal Siddiqui, Ph. D., from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC).