Search goes on for fluke vaccine

New effective vaccines to counteract liver fluke in livestock are the objective of a research project in UCD.

According to researcher Grace Mulcahy, by merging recent technological advances in molecular biotechnology, she and her colleagues will gain a deeper understanding of how liver fluke parasites interact with their animal hosts, cattle and sheep.

“We will learn at a molecular level how these parasites invade their hosts, how they control and regulate their immune responses and how this leads to chronic disease, pathogenesis and death.”