How do vaccines work?
Date: 2026-04-20
Category: Vaccines
Video overview
Vaccines teach your body's defences - the immune system - how to protect you from disease. They take advantage of the natural functions of your immune system, which is exposed to and fights off millions of pathogens every single day. Find out how vaccines work and how they protect you against disease in this short animation. Recorded by the British Society for Immunology.
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References
| • | Explaining How Vaccines Work |
| • | How do vaccines work? |
| • | Vaccines and immunization: What is vaccination? |
| • | Understanding COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines |
| • | mRNA vaccines - a new era in vaccinology |
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