Studies of a "future-proof" vaccine candidate have shown that just one antigen can be modified to provide a broadly protective immune response in animals. The studies suggest that a single vaccine with combinations of these ...
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Scientists have established the effectiveness of vaccines they developed to prevent the disfiguring skin disease leishmaniasis in animal studies, and Phase 1 human trial planning is in motion for the most promising candidate.
Aug 31, 2023
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A vaccine candidate that can protect children from Meningococcal group B (MenB), which can lead to meningitis, has progressed to clinical development, according to an announcement by researchers from the University of Surrey ...
Jul 18, 2023
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Researchers at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut (PEI), in cooperation with the Philipps-Universität Marburg, used the "recombinant measles vaccine virus" vaccine platform to test vaccine candidates against the dangerous avian H7N9 ...
Jul 7, 2023
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The VLA1553 vaccine candidate for chikungunya disease was generally well tolerated and produced an immune response in 99% (263/266) of participants, according to a phase 3 randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet.
Jun 12, 2023
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Animal studies indicate that a new COVID-19 vaccine developed at Rutgers may provide more durable protection against SARS-CoV-2 and its emerging variants than existing vaccines.
May 8, 2023
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A mysterious illness causing fevers and headaches and leading to rapid development of acute encephalitis (within a couple of weeks of symptom onset), caused an outbreak of nearly 300 reported cases and over 100 fatalities ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Anna Durbin was in Brazil in December 2015 when the Zika virus erupted in the country's northeast. Although she'd flown to São Paulo to work on a dengue vaccine, Durbin returned to Baltimore preoccupied with Zika.
Mar 15, 2023
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A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe and stimulated both antibodies and responses from the cellular arm of the immune ...
Mar 6, 2023
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It has been more than 100 years since the first and only tuberculosis (TB) vaccine—the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine—was used for the first time medically in 1921. With an estimated 1.6 million people dying ...
Feb 15, 2023
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