Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New Ebola vaccine faces key test

The experimental Ebola vaccine dubbed rVSV-ZEBOV has shown promising signs that it can contain the spread of the prolific killer virus.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola: Early immune response provides insight into vaccination

The latest outbreaks of emerging, dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola, MERS-CoV or Zika, emphasise the importance of the rapid development of effective vaccines. However, being able to predict the efficacy of new vaccines ...

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Ebola vaccine developed in Canada shows promising results

A phase 1 randomized controlled trial has found an Ebola virus disease (EVD) vaccine, developed in Canada, was well-tolerated with no safety concerns, and high antibodies were present in participants 6 months after immunization. ...

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Early blood signatures of vaccine immunogenicity

Within seven days of vaccination, a blood test early after vaccination can predict whether vaccines based on living, modified viruses have had the desired effect. This is one of the results of a new study from a large European ...

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Vet research identifies new target for taming Ebola

Viruses and their hosts are in a eternal game of one-upmanship. If a host cell evolves a way to stop a virus from spreading, the virus will look for a new path. And so on and so forth.

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Stopping Ebola in its tracks: which vaccine will do it?

Forty years after emerging in what is today the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Ebola virus may finally have met its match in a vaccine which could be "up to 100 percent effective", according to its makers.

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