Vaccination

Pathogens are unpredictable enemies. The greatest hope of containing them consists in vaccination. It took barely a year from the publication of the genetic material of the new corona virus to the availability of vaccines - already one of the greatest success stories in medicine. The internationally renowned immunologist Stefan Kaufmann developed a vaccine against tuberculosis. Here he traces the history of vaccination from its birth more than 200 years ago to the eradication of smallpox taking into account the latest approaches to vaccines against cancer. He also deals with vaccination risks and opponents of vaccination.