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Earlier treatment for young patients with chronic Hepatitis B may be more effective in clearing virus

Scientists from A*STAR’s Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (SICS), together with clinical collaborators from London, discovered for the first time that children and young patients with chronic Hepatitis B...

11 September, 2012

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WHO releases dengue strategy

The World Health Organization recently released a strategic report in an effort to cut deaths from dengue virus infections in half and overall dengue cases by 25 percent in the next eight years. The Global Strategy for...

10 September, 2012

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Asia fails to take up rotavirus vaccine

Most countries in Asia have yet to make the rotavirus vaccine part of their national immunization programme (NIP), despite a World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation to do so. “Timely vaccination with one of the...

10 September, 2012

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New research helps explain why AIDS vaccine has been so difficult to develop

For decades, a successful HIV vaccine has been the Holy Grail for researchers around the globe. Yet, despite years of research and millions of dollars of investment, that goal has still to be achieved. Recent research...

10 September, 2012

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Scientists discover new compound which makes vaccines much more effective

One of the major arguments levied against vaccination is the woefully low rate of efficacy and effectiveness of many vaccines. Just published in the journal Nature Biotechnology is the discovery of a new compound which...

29 August, 2012

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New technology could reduce drug counterfeiting

A team of Georgia Institute of Technology researchers has developed a new technology that reduces the amount of time needed to check a drug sample for authenticity to reduce the proliferation of poor-quality drugs...

29 August, 2012

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How flu virus disables immune system

Northwestern University scientists have discovered one of the ways the influenza virus disarms our natural defense system. The virus decreases the production of key immune system-regulating proteins in human cells that...

27 August, 2012

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Africa lacks capacity, equipment and funds to do AIDS vaccine research

Despite Africa contributing to 17 per cent of all AIDS vaccine trials, the continent, however, still lacks capacity in basic sciences; there is neither equipment nor the technical know-how to carry out assays locally...

24 August, 2012

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Predict vaccine coverage by modelling

Researchers in Canada are combining mathematics with “social learning” to predict how epidemics are affected by fears – usually unfounded – that a vaccine can harm, so as to improve the design of vaccination...

23 August, 2012

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A decade of progress and sustained funding for HIV prevention research provides a pathway for ending AIDS

A decade of unprecedented investment in HIV prevention research has led to major scientific breakthroughs in vaccines, microbicides, voluntary medical male circumcision, treatment as prevention and pre-exposure...

23 August, 2012

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