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CDC reports severe pH1N1-associated illnesses
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CDC reports severe pH1N1-associated illnesses

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently reported a number of cases of severe respiratory illness among young and middle-aged adults infected with the 2009 pandemic flu virus. The CDC received...

6 January, 2014
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Single mutation gives virus new target
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Single mutation gives virus new target

In a new study published online in the journal PLOS Pathogens, an international team of scientists showed that by swapping a single amino acid they could change the sugar to which the human BK polyomavirus will binds on...

16 December, 2013
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Breakthrough vaccines
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Breakthrough vaccines

There needs to be a plan in place to solve the problems hindering development of vaccines against certain diseases, finds Wayne C Koff. Vaccines are one of the great success stories in the history of individual and...

13 December, 2013
4 min read
TB vaccine may help prevent multiple sclerosis
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TB vaccine may help prevent multiple sclerosis

A vaccine used to prevent tuberculosis in other parts of the world may help prevent multiple sclerosis (MS) in people who show the beginning signs of the disease, according to a new study published in the December 4...

6 December, 2013
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