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Vaccine fails to protect babies against whooping cough

Queensland research shows that a resurgence of whooping cough in babies has arisen due to the lack of effectiveness of the current vaccine. The joint study found that children vaccinated against whooping cough with the...

3 August, 2012

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Study reveals substantial misdiagnosis of malaria in parts of Asia

Substantial over-diagnosis and mistreatment of malaria is evident in south and central Asia, according to research led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine . The authors warn that with more than two...

3 August, 2012

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Sleep affects potency of vaccines

As moms have always known, a good night’s sleep is crucial to good health — and now a new study led by a UCSF researcher shows that poor sleep can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines. The study is the first performed...

2 August, 2012

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Vaccine research shows vigilance needed against evolution of more-virulent malaria

Malaria parasites evolving in vaccinated laboratory mice become more virulent, according to research at Penn State University. The mice were injected with a critical component of several candidate human malaria vaccines...

2 August, 2012

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Researchers explore new class of synthetic vaccines

In a quest to make safer and more effective vaccines, scientists at the Biodesign InstituteÒ at Arizona State University have turned to a promising field called DNA nanotechnology to make an entirely new class of...

27 July, 2012

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Viral hepatitis claims 1 million lives each year

Viral hepatitis is responsible for one million deaths each year, according to the World Health Organization. In the next ten years, it can claim the lives of over five million people in Southeast Asia. “The vast...

26 July, 2012

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Researchers discover new target for vaccine development in abundant immune cells

White blood cells called neutrophils, which are the first line of defense against infection, play an unexpected role by boosting antibody production, according to research led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine. The...

25 July, 2012

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Scientists hunting for an AIDS vaccine may be getting close

Scientists compare the hunt for an AIDS vaccine to the search for the Holy Grail. And for three decades, it has proved to be about as difficult to find. Since Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier identified HIV — the virus...

24 July, 2012

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Science sets its sights again on an AIDS cure

After 16 years of détente, scientists are once again ready to go to war with the AIDS virus. Unsatisfied with transforming AIDS from a death sentence into a chronic condition, researchers who once thought cure was...

20 July, 2012

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The long struggle: vaccines versus malaria

After clean water, vaccines may have saved more lives than any other public health intervention. Eradication of malaria, a disease that may have killed more humans than any other single cause, likely requires a malaria...

20 July, 2012

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