Oncology & Cancer
A breakthrough with a new cancer vaccine
Scientists are ready to trial a new cancer vaccine in humans following the successful outcome of their preclinical studies.
Jul 9, 2020
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Medical research
Study finds most COVID-19-related EUAs not supported by high-quality evidence
During the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency use authorizations (EUAs) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of COVID-19-related medical products were for diagnostic products and were supported by comparisons ...
Dec 30, 2021
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Medical research
Rare side effects from COVID vaccines may have been seen in 15 year old animal studies
Norwegian biologist Gro Amdam writes this in an email to ScienceNorway from the U.S., where she is professor at Arizona State University.
Apr 23, 2021
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Vaccination
How effective is the first shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine?
As the COVID-19 vaccines reach more people across the country, some people have asked: Could we delay the second dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines to allow more people to be vaccinated more quickly? And, how safe am ...
Mar 22, 2021
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Vaccination
How do we know the COVID vaccine won't have long-term side-effects?
As Australia's COVID-19 vaccine rollout begins this week, many people still have questions about the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, both in the short and long term.
Feb 24, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
How will the first COVID-19 vaccine affect women? 'This leaves a big question mark'
When it finally arrives, will a COVID-19 vaccine work the same for women as for men? What about for women who are pregnant or going through menopause?
Jul 22, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID-19 vaccines can cause side effects. Here's why that shouldn't stop you from getting the shots
A friend of Paul Offit's volunteered for one of the COVID-19 vaccine trials but, like everyone who participated, was not told whether he was injected with a placebo or the real thing.
Dec 8, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine protects non-human primates
The development of a safe and effective vaccine will likely be required to end the COVID-19 pandemic. A group of scientists, led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) immunologist Dan H. Barouch, MD, Ph.D., now ...
Jul 30, 2020
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer vaccine safely generates anti-tumor immunity
An experimental vaccine against breast cancer safely generated a strong immune response to a key tumor protein, researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle report in a paper published by the ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Medications
Newly developed inhaled vaccine delivers broad protection against SARS-CoV-2, variants
Scientists at McMaster University who have developed an inhaled form of COVID vaccine have confirmed it can provide broad, long-lasting protection against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.
Feb 10, 2022
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