Placebo effect influences vaccine responses

Kyungdeok Kim; Ben Title; Jonathan Kipnis

doi:10.1038/s41591-025-04168-7

Placebo effect influences vaccine responses

Kyungdeok Kim
, Ben Title
, Jonathan Kipnis

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A randomized trial provides direct human evidence that the placebo effect can shape humoral immunity, showing that reward-related brain activity correlates with vaccine-induced antibody production and opening new avenues for treating many medical conditions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	416-417
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature medicine
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-04168-7
State	Published - Feb 2026

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