Vaccination
The COVID-19 vaccine does not cause infertility, as social media myths are claiming
Anti-vaccine activists have been having a field day with the myth that COVID-19 immunizations cause infertility.
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Intranasal influenza vaccine spurs strong immune response in Phase 1 study
An experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine was safe and produced a durable immune response when tested in a Phase 1 study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The investigational vaccine, called ...
Feb 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Prior exposure to SARS virus provides little protection against new coronavirus
Previous exposure to other coronaviruses may enhance a person's immune response to COVID-19 infection, but new research suggests that antibodies triggered by the SARS outbreak of 2003 provide only limited protection against ...
Feb 1, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer emergency rations could provide the basis for new treatment
Insight into cancer cells' own first aid could help the development of a new type of treatment. Johanna Olweus and her team at the UiO (University of Oslo) and the OUS (Oslo University Hospital) are important contributors ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study profiles immune cells fighting COVID-19, may help guide next-gen vaccine development
Even as the first vaccines for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, are being distributed, scientists and clinicians around the world have remained steadfast in their efforts to better understand how the human immune ...
Jan 27, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Missing protein helps small cell lung cancer evade immune defenses
Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) cells are missing a surface protein that triggers an immune response, allowing them to hide from one of the body's key cancer defenses, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. ...
Jan 25, 2021
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Health
4 vaccine concerns debunked
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has today provisionally approved Australia's first COVID vaccine, the Pfizer vaccine, paving the way for its rollout to begin in mid-to-late February among high-risk groups.
Jan 25, 2021
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Immunology
Spike proteins of SARS-CoV-2 relatives can evolve against immune responses
Scientists have shown that two species of seasonal human coronavirus related to SARS-CoV-2 can evolve in certain proteins to escape recognition by the immune system, according to a study published today in eLife.
Jan 19, 2021
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Medical research
New method to assist fast-tracking of vaccines for pre-clinical tests
Scientists in Australia have developed a method for the rapid synthesis of safe vaccines, an approach that can be used to test vaccine strategies against novel pandemic pathogens such as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes ...
Jan 18, 2021
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Medications
Potential COVID-19 drug is successful in lab study
A new potential therapy for COVID-19 developed by researchers at Rush University Medical Center has shown success in preventing the disease's symptoms in mice.
Jan 15, 2021
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