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Experimental vaccine for deadly Marbug virus guards against infection with just a single dose

An experimental vaccine for Marburg virus—a deadly cousin of the infectious agent that causes Ebola—can protect large animals from severe infections for up to a year with a single shot, scientists have found in a new...

28 January, 2023

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New vaccine platform could ease development, delivery of virus-fighters

To many, EV stands for “electric vehicle.” To researchers at Harvard University and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, it’s shorthand for another vehicle — this one nanoscopic — that might help streamline the...

28 January, 2023

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Tuberculosis researchers find link between vaccine efficacy, environmental pathogens

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of the lungs that’s been with humanity for centuries and affects a quarter of the world’s population. The stubborn disease killed over a million and a half people in 2021, mostly in...

20 January, 2023

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Harnessing the healing power within our cells

IMB researchers have identified a pathway in cells that could be used to reprogram the body’s immune system to fight back against both chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases. Targeting both bacteria and...

20 January, 2023

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Preparing for coming RSV, influenza epidemics

Large populations are susceptible to respiratory diseases because of COVID-19 intervention policies but reinstating nonpharmaceutical interventions at the correct time can help slow the spread Governments around the...

19 January, 2023

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Researchers create anti-COVID cleaning spray

University of Queensland researchers have developed a long lasting surface spray that has the potential to kill viruses such as COVID-19 and potentially deadly bacteria. The spray contains a protein that allows it to...

19 January, 2023

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Gone fishing: highly accurate test for common respiratory viruses uses DNA as ‘bait’

A new test that ‘fishes’ for multiple respiratory viruses at once using single strands of DNA as ‘bait’, and gives highly accurate results in under an hour, has been developed by Cambridge researchers. The test uses DNA...

17 January, 2023

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Early action needed to prevent treatment failure, Nigerian research on detectable virus levels shows

National HIV treatment programmes should not wait until people with HIV have viral loads above 1000 copies/ml to provide enhanced adherence counselling, Nigerian researchers report in the journal Lancet Global Health...

16 January, 2023

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Mathematical model predicts long-term effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccine booster doses in different patient populations

Researchers have designed a mathematical model that can predict the course of vaccine-induced immunity against COVID-19 in different patient populations—including otherwise healthy individuals and those who have cancer...

13 January, 2023

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What Imperial research taught us about COVID-19 in 2022

From increased understanding of immunity to analysing the success of vaccines, we look back at what Imperial taught us about COVID-19 in 2022. Omicron infection doesn’t boost immunity much A study published in March in...

13 January, 2023

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