From the ArcaMax Publishing, Women Newsletter:
http://www.arcamax.com/news/women/s-198881-485507
NEW YORK (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say giving flu shots to pregnant
women may kick-start their baby's immune system.
A newly developed technique known as MHC tetramer staining has
facilitated the detection of antigen-specific T cells, Columbia
University Medical Center said Friday in a release.
A report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation said a team led by
Rachel Miller at Columbia used the technique to study cord blood B and
T cell immune responses in women who were vaccinated with Fluzone
during pregnancy.
The authors detected anti-Fluzone antibodies in approximately 40
percent of the cord blood specimens.
The report said the findings support the theory that the human
neonatal immune system is capable of responding to environmental
exposures.