Your body is under attack! All around you are pathogens that can cause disease. But don’t panic – your immune system works day and night to defend you. It changes throughout life, getting stronger from birth to adulthood but, as we go beyond middle age, its ability to adapt and fight pathogens reduces.
Research at the Babraham Institute increases our understanding of how our immune system changes throughout our lives. A greater understanding of infections and non-infectious diseases is used by those working to improve vaccines, combat autoimmune diseases and develop anti-tumour therapies.