News tagged with vaccine delivery


Oral breast cancer vaccine may offer new prevention tool

(Medical Xpress)—A new oral vaccine that produces a novel two-pronged immune system attack on cancer cells could be effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence, according to findings from a collaborative ...

Cancer created Jan 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Man's best friend: Common canine virus may lead to new vaccines for deadly human diseases

Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered that a virus commonly found in dogs may serve as the foundation for the next great breakthrough in human vaccine development.

Medical research created Nov 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Can vaccines be delivered via the lungs instead of by injection?

In addition to the obvious benefit of eliminating the need for an injection, new vaccine delivery methods via the lungs offer particular advantages for protecting against infectious agents that enter the body through the ...

Medications created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New studies shed light on what it cost to vaccinate girls against HPV in low income countries

Two studies published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine examined the cost of delivering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to primary school girls in Tanzania. Both studies found that the cost of HPV ...

Medications created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Bringing a new perspective to infectious disease

Studying infectious diseases has long been primarily the domain of biologists. However, as part of the Ragon Institute, MIT engineers and physical scientists are joining immunologists and physicians in the ...

HIV & AIDS created Feb 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast