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E. coli: The ideal transport vehicle for next-gen vaccines?

Researchers experimenting with harmless strains of E. coli — yes, the majority of E. coli are safe and important to healthy human digestion — are working toward that goal. They have developed an E. coli...

11 July, 2016

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Researchers want to train the body to fight diseases using programmable vaccines

Not long ago, Dr. Jasdave Chahal had a great idea and a big problem. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology virologist was driven by a dream to use messenger RNA to train bodies to defend themselves against disease...

11 July, 2016

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Engineers design programmable RNA vaccines

Tests in mice show the vaccines work against Ebola, influenza, and a common parasite. MIT engineers have developed a new type of easily customizable vaccine that can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be...

6 July, 2016

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Lymph nodes could be used to develop HIV vaccine

A group of scientists are seeking to develop a drug against the virus using lymph nodes since they store immune system of humans. The immune system cells found in lymph nodes could help develop a vaccine against HIV...

1 July, 2016

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Malaria vaccine loses effectiveness over several years: study

An experimental vaccine against malaria known as Mosquirix—or RTS,S—weakens over time and is only about four percent effective over a seven-year span, researchers said Wednesday. The findings, published in the New...

1 July, 2016

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Antibodies found which ‘neutralise’ Zika virus

European scientists announced they had found antibodies which attack Zika, a discovery they hope will pave the way for a protective vaccine against the brain-damaging virus. The antibodies — frontline soldiers in...

28 June, 2016

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Takeda initiates world’s first norovirus vaccine field trial

Takeda announced that it has dosed the first subject in a Phase 2b field efficacy trial of Takeda’s norovirus vaccine candidate (TAK-214), the only norovirus vaccine candidate in human clinical trials. The Phase 2b...

28 June, 2016

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The FDA approved the first human trials of a Zika vaccine

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first human tests of an experimental Zika virus vaccine. Called GLS–5700, the medication will be used in a clinical trial involving 40 healthy people, and...

27 June, 2016

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Infections reveal inequality between the sexes

Stark differences between men and women’s immune responses pose medical conundrum. The immune systems of men and women respond very differently to infection — and scientists are taking notice. Research presented last...

24 June, 2016

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Vanderbilt and Human Vaccines Project launch initial studies to decode the human immune system

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center this month began recruiting volunteers to participate in a clinical trial aimed at decoding the human “immunome,” the genetic underpinnings of the immune system. The...

24 June, 2016

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