Oncology & Cancer

Q&A: When will patients see personalized cancer vaccines?

Catherine Wu has been a pioneer in a promising approach to fight cancer: vaccines that target specific immune-stimulating molecules, known as immunogenic peptides, generated by the distinct genetic mutations of any individual ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Czech whooping cough spread accelerates, three dead

The Czech Republic has been hit by a soaring number of whooping cases and the fast growing outbreak has killed three people, health authorities said on Monday.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Nigeria first to use 'revolutionary' meningitis jab: WHO

Africa's most populous nation Nigeria has launched a "revolutionary" vaccine against meningitis, in what the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday said was a world first.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Chlamydia vaccine shows promise in early trial

A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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