Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

MERS coronavirus candidate vaccine gears up for clinical trials

Researchers from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have demonstrated, in a preclinical setting, the protective effect of a candidate vaccine directed against the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory ...

Medical research

New malaria vaccine shows promise in field trial

A vaccine against malaria, developed at Oxford University's Jenner Institute, has shown promising results in its first field trial. The results are published today in journal Science Translational Medicine.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Ebola vaccine trial begins in Sierra Leone

Thousands of healthcare workers in areas of Sierra Leone that are grappling with Ebola will now begin receiving an experimental vaccine against the often deadly virus, officials said Tuesday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Researchers develop Ebola vaccine effective in a single dose

An interdisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Profectus BioSciences, Inc. has developed a quick-acting vaccine that is both safe and effective with a single dose against the Ebola ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response

An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) found that the vaccine, called VSV-ZEBOV, was safe ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Clinical trials of VPM1002 as a tuberculosis vaccine in newborns

The only tuberculosis vaccine currently approved, the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, protects children from the most severe forms of the disease in most cases but does not provide protection against the most common ...

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