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NIH-developed candidate dengue vaccine shows promise in early-stage trial

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) developed candidate dengue vaccine which found to be safe and to stimulate a strong immune response in most vaccine recipients. The early-stage clinical trial...

29 January, 2013

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Duke researchers say gene studies can help diagnose flu, other infectious diseases

Duke University researchers have found a way to diagnose infectious diseases such as flu and staph infections more quickly by looking for responses in a patient’s genes. Genomics, a field of genetics that takes into...

22 January, 2013

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People movement drives dengue virus transmission

To stop the transmission of dengue, a mosquito-borne virus that threatens some 4 billion people worldwide, it’s crucial to focus on people movement, not just on the traditional mosquito control-and-prevention...

14 January, 2013

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Researchers track the origins of HIV virus

A new study suggests that HIV may have affected humans much longer than is currently believed. In fact, the virus might have been around undetected for so many centuries that a human community developed some degree of...

13 January, 2013

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Inactivated virus shows promise against HIV

Patients with HIV who get vaccinated with a disabled version of the virus can, in many cases, fight the real one to a draw. A new study shows that injecting heat-inactivated HIV can awaken immune protection in some...

9 January, 2013

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Superspreaders found to be major contributors to pandemics

Scientists are learning more about superspreaders, people who transmit infections to a much greater than expected number of new hosts, including that they may be the driving force behind pandemics. During the 2003 SARS...

9 January, 2013

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Researchers find immune system molecule that could lead to TB vaccine

A research team led by scientists from the University of Pittsburgh recently determined that the presence of a particular immune system molecule effectively prevented tuberculosis of the lungs from becoming active and...

9 January, 2013

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Ebola virus uses a protein decoy to subvert the host immune response

In a study published in the open access journal PLOS Pathogens, researchers at Emory University have discovered a potentially important mechanism by which the Ebola virus alters and evades the immune response of its...

28 December, 2012

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Micro-needle patch may advance world measles vaccination effort

Measles vaccine given with painless and easy-to-administer micro-needle patches can immunize against measles at least as well as vaccine given with conventional hypodermic needles, according to research done by the...

10 December, 2012

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Nigeria: Expected HIV vaccine

After nearly 30 years of desperately searching for solutions to the Human-Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV, the vermin that leads to the deadly Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS, the world may soon heave a sigh of...

6 December, 2012

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