Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Volunteers sought as race to develop a Zika vaccine heats up
Wanted: Volunteers willing to be infected with the Zika virus for science.
Aug 18, 2016
0
2
Page 30 - News tagged with candidate vaccines
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
NIH begins testing investigational Zika vaccine in humans
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a clinical trial of a vaccine candidate intended to prevent Zika virus infection. The early-stage ...
Aug 3, 2016
0
25
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Toward an effective TB vaccine: Analysis of the immune response to a promising candidate
BCG, the only currently approved TB vaccine, has been around for almost a century and is only partially effective. When given to children, BCG is estimated to prevent 20% of infections and to protect half of the infected ...
Jul 28, 2016
0
4
HIV & AIDS
Early HIV vaccine results lead to major trial: researchers
Promising results from an early safety trial with a potential HIV vaccine have paved the way for a major new study, researchers announced at the International AIDS Conference in Durban on Tuesday.
Jul 19, 2016
0
12
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Positive preliminary results of a heat stable Ebola vaccine formulation
A biopharmaceutical company collaborating with Hawai'i scientists on an Ebola vaccine announced encouraging news about its vaccine today.
Jul 19, 2016
0
1
Medications
New research shows vaccine protection against Zika virus
The rapid development of a safe and effective vaccine to prevent the Zika virus (ZIKV) is a global priority, as infection in pregnant women has been shown to lead to fetal microcephaly and other major birth defects. The World ...
Jun 28, 2016
1
130
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
0
101
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola vaccine—Promising phase I trials
The clinical phase I trial of a potential vaccine against the dreaded Ebola virus has been successfully completed at four partner sites in Africa and Europe. The safety of the tested vaccine 'rVSV-ZEBOV', which induces persistent ...
May 3, 2016
0
8
HIV & AIDS
Mymetics' HIV vaccine candidate confirms promise in preclinical study
Mymetics Corporation, a pioneer in the research and development of virosome-based vaccines to prevent transmission of human infectious diseases across mucosal membranes, announced today that its innovative HIV vaccine candidate ...
Apr 11, 2016
0
32
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New mouse model for Zika virus to enable immediate screening of potential drugs and vaccines
Efforts to combat the rapid spread of Zika virus got a boost this week as researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston (UTMB) announced the first peer-reviewed publication of a mouse model for Zika infection ...
Mar 28, 2016
0
1
