The fetal independent immune response

After several years of research, the Sino-US physician first to show that the fetus has independent immune response. The international medical community believe that this has changed the international medical community for over 50 years that the fetus does not have the same with the adult point of view has a fine immune response, and provides a theoretical basis for the pregnancy early vaccination, which will have global public health field to produce extremely important.

In June this year, the departments within the U.S. Returned Scholars of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital, Wang Zhaodong and Columbia University Professor Miller (RachelMiller,) in the internationally renowned medical research journal "Journal of Clinical Investigation" entitled "for the influenza vaccine the womb of antigen-specific immune response, "the paper. This research has made major theoretical breakthrough: it confirmed for the first time in the international body in the early stages of embryonic development, many antigens in the maternal environment, allergens and pathogens produce active immune response and immune memory.

Wang Zhaodong introduced, this conclusion within two years study of 126 European and American origin pregnant women obtained, which confirms that the period of 28-30 weeks in fetal development to a study influenza vaccination can help the fetus to obtain the corresponding immunity. This study will examine the field of public health is extremely important to change the general view of the past, the international medical community does not advocate the vaccination of pregnant women.