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Study highlights heavy global burden of infectious diseases

A study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases highlights the substantial impact of infectious diseases on global health. The analysis of data from 204 countries by researchers with the Institute for Health Metrics...

23 April, 2024

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Specific nasal cells protect against COVID-19 in children

Important differences in how the nasal cells of young and elderly people respond to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, could explain why children typically experience milder COVID-19 symptoms, finds a new study led by researchers at...

22 April, 2024

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Breakthrough aerosol human infection model gives hope for future tuberculosis vaccine development

University of Oxford researchers have for the first time established a controlled human infection model for tuberculosis (TB) that infects people via the lungs – the way TB enters the body. The clinical trial, which...

16 April, 2024

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New vaccine strategy could mean one-and-done for most viruses, rather than endless annual boosters targeting different viral strains. Credit: Aleya Spielman/UCLA Health

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Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains

Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised. Every year, researchers try...

16 April, 2024

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Stanford Medicine study flags unexpected cells in lung as suspected source of severe COVID

The lung-cell type that’s most susceptible to infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is not the one previously assumed to be most vulnerable. What’s more, the virus enters this susceptible cell via an...

12 April, 2024

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Global human challenge consortium to push for next generation of vaccines

An international group of researchers specialising in human challenge studies is embarking on a project to develop advanced virus-blocking vaccines. The global consortium will lay the crucial groundwork needed to...

7 April, 2024

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Good as gold – improving infectious disease testing with gold nanoparticles

By harnessing the power of composite polymer particles adorned with gold nanoparticles, a group of researchers have delivered a more accurate means of testing for infectious diseases. Details of their research was...

7 April, 2024

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New research to investigate next generation ‘trans-amplifying’ mRNA vaccines

Scientists in the US are set to test a new vaccine approach that could overcome some of the challenges associated with the latest mRNA vaccine designs and more rapidly create pandemic-busting vaccines in as little as...

28 March, 2024

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Insights from patient who cleared hepatitis C could lead to vaccine

By studying individuals who spontaneously clear hepatitis C infections, a team of researchers has identified viable vaccine targets for a disease that infects 70 million worldwide with case numbers increasing every year...

26 March, 2024

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