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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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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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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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Analysis – Bird flu vaccine now? More than a shot in the dark

Culls of hundreds of thousands of chickens, turkeys and ducks to stem bird flu outbreaks rarely make international headlines these days, but they are a worryingly common event as the deadly virus continues its march...

12 July, 2012

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Insurance firms to cover immunization vaccine costs

The Cooperative Health Insurance Council has made it mandatory for medical insurance companies to cover the cost of basic immunization vaccines for children until they reach school-going age. Under the new directives of...

5 July, 2012

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Decade of vaccines

In 1736, Benjamin Franklin stressed the importance of fire prevention when he said that “an ounce of prevention is better than cure.” Franklin would have not realized that his advice would go beyond fire...

29 June, 2012

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Vaccinations cleared in babies’ celiac “epidemic”

A surge in celiac disease cases among babies and toddlers in Sweden was not related to childhood vaccinations, a new study finds. Celiac disease is a digestive disorder caused by an abnormal immune response to gluten, a...

27 June, 2012

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China Plans To Launch Hepatitis E Vaccine ‘This Year’

After more than a year of scrutiny and inspection by China’s State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), a hepatitis E vaccine developed by Chinese scientists should be available by the end of the year. Scientists...

26 June, 2012

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Cuba says hepatitis B eliminated among minors under 15

Cuba has eliminated viral hepatitis B among the population aged under 15 thanks to a locally developed vaccine in the Caribbean country’s massive immunization campaign, state media reported Saturday. The vaccine...

25 June, 2012

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World dengue vaccine could be ready by 2015

One of the grimmest legacies of the war in the Pacific is still being fought 70 years on, but a victory over dengue – the intensely painful “breakbone fever” which the conflict helped spread around the world – may be in...

8 June, 2012

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