Medical research
Lab vaccine shields mice against Zika virus
Antibodies drawn from a patient infected with Zika could form the basis of a vaccine against the notorious virus, a new animal study suggests.
Dec 14, 2016
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World-first coeliac disease vaccine enters Phase 2 trials
A coeliac disease vaccine that aims to protect patients from the harmful effects of gluten has entered Phase 2 clinical trials in Melbourne.
Oct 31, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Answering a medical mystery: Why are vaccines less effective in the developing world?
It's a question that has challenged scientists and physicians for years: Why do vaccines work better in some parts of the world than in others? A new study, led in part by University of Minnesota Medical School researcher ...
May 29, 2018
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Researchers develop more broadly protective coronavirus vaccine
Scientists have been searching for the optimal coronavirus vaccine since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The mRNA vaccines developed through the federal government's "Operation Warp Speed" program were a massive innovation; ...
Apr 1, 2024
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Plan B for coronavirus: Research on vaccine and drug alternatives is urgently needed
The curve of the COVID-19 epidemic has been flattened in many countries around the world, and it hasn't been new antivirals or a vaccine that has done it. We are being saved by non-drug interventions such as quarantine, social ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Medications
Novel concept for HIV and cancer vaccines
A team of specialists from the Institute of Biomedical Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is developing a vaccine against HIV / AIDS and cancer. An experimental trial has demonstrated success ...
Feb 4, 2015
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HIV & AIDS
HIV vaccine design should adapt as HIV virus mutates
Human immunodeficiency virus is known to be a highly variable virus that adapts to a person's immune response during the lifetime infection, and a new study published in Nature Medicine shows that viral adaptation in HIV ...
May 16, 2016
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Coronavirus could be the turning point for genetic vaccines, a 30-year-old technology that has not fulfilled its promise
David B. Weiner is known in scientific circles as "the father of DNA vaccines." The tag pays homage to his pioneering work over 30 years, but it's also a reminder that his baby is still aborning.
Jul 1, 2020
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Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine generates robust immune responses against COVID-19 variants
In the three months since Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, more than 10 million Americans have received the vaccine, according to the Centers ...
Jun 9, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Scientists piggyback experimental HIV vaccine on cold viruses
(HealthDay)—Scientists report progress in their bid to develop ways to piggyback an HIV vaccine on germs that cause colds.
Feb 2, 2016
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