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Creating the next generation of mRNA vaccines

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines came to the rescue, developed in record time and saving lives worldwide. Harvard Medical School researchers at Boston Children’s Hospital have now developed two technologies...

2 August, 2024

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Incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination, finds study of 46 million adults

A new study, published today in Nature Communications and involving nearly the whole adult population of England, has found that the incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination than...

2 August, 2024

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Tuberculosis: gene editing could add new power to a 100-year-old vaccine

Tuberculosis dates back more than 9,000 years. It is the most infectious bacterial disease and in 2022 10.6 million people fell ill with it. Of these 23% occurred in Africa. The only vaccine against tuberculosis, the...

26 July, 2024

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No increase in birth defects found following COVID vaccination in pregnancy

A new study adds to the growing body of literature demonstrating the safety of COVID-19 vaccine use in pregnant women. The study, published in BMJ, showed no connection between COVID vaccination or infection in the...

25 July, 2024

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95% of prenatal Zika infections could be undiagnosed in infants

With over 24,600 Zika virus cases already confirmed in the Region of the Americas in 2024, a new study published by the journal eBioMedicine, part of The Lancet, disclosed new, unsettling insights. The Cleveland Clinic...

23 July, 2024

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Study shows promise for a universal flu vaccine

New research led by Oregon Health & Science University reveals a promising approach to developing a universal influenza vaccine — a so-called “one and done” vaccine that confers lifetime immunity against an evolving...

22 July, 2024

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Study identifies unpredicted immune responses to adenoviral COVID vaccines

Researchers from the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Drug Safety Science have identified unpredicted T-cell immune responses to the adenoviral (Oxford/AstraZeneca and Janssen) COVID-19 vaccines, but not to the mRNA...

22 July, 2024

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How a “neglected” immune response could lead to new pathways for developing TB vaccines

An “unconventional” immune response now identified by scientists from the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) is a potential new pathway for developing new vaccines for tuberculosis (TB)...

17 July, 2024

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Scientists discover how to improve vaccine responses to potentially deadly bacterium

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have taken a leap forward in understanding how we might fight back against the potentially deadly MRSA bacterium. They have shown in an animal model that targeting a key...

10 July, 2024

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Study suggests regular vaccine boosts may help people who are immunocompromised fight COVID-19

Johns Hopkins Medicine research finds booster doses of bivalent vaccines given every three to six months helps maintain a person’s ability to neutralize multiple SARS-CoV-2 strains, including XBB.1.5 People who have...

8 July, 2024

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