Potential for an Atherosclerosis Vaccine

Abstract

English physician Edward Jenner two hundred years ago made a remarkable discovery. He created vaccine. Today immunization can be credited for saving approximately 9 million lives a year all around the world, bringing seven major human diseases under control to some extent, i.e., smallpox, diphtheria, tetanus, yellow fever, whooping cough, polio, and measles. So far only smallpox has been completely eradicated, saving approximately 5 million lives annually. A further 16 million deaths a year can be prevented if effective vaccines against rest of them are deployed efficiently. Another 17 million can be saved if Atherosclerosis can be vaccinized.