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Effective vaccine against AIDS in the offing

Scientists are developing a new AIDS vaccine capable of inducing naturally produced antibodies in HIV patients to prevent the deadly infection. Some people infected with HIV naturally produce antibodies that effectively...

14 April, 2016

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Report: New treatment rids monkeys of HIV-like virus

Researchers at the Oregon Health & Science University primate center say that a new treatment destroyed an HIV-like virus in two newborn monkeys in only two weeks. Monkeys cannot get HIV, so the scientists had to...

14 April, 2016

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Sanofi science chief on Zika: It’s time to disrupt traditional vaccine development

The World Health Organization has warned that the Zika R&D frenzy may not culminate in a vaccine in time for the current outbreak, but Sanofi Chief Scientific Officer Gary Nabel won’t take that for an answer...

7 April, 2016

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The science is clear: Vaccines save and improve lives

Vaccination is considered one of the top 10 medical achievements of the 20th century. Vaccines now protect us from such vaccine preventable diseases as the flu, measles, mumps, rubella, pertussis, polio, and certain...

7 April, 2016

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Zika genomes provide clues to virus’ introduction to Brazil

Using genome sequences for a handful of Zika viruses (ZIKV), an international team estimates that the virus made its way to Brazil sometime in 2013, potentially piggybacking with travelers from affected areas in the...

31 March, 2016

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New Ebola virus may cause disease in humans

Researchers in the UK have highlighted the potential for the emergence of the new form of Ebola virus The Reston virus, a member of the Ebola virus family known to circulate in domestic pigs in Asia, may acquire...

30 March, 2016

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First virus genome analysis gives new insights into Brazilian Zika outbreak

The first genome analysis of the Zika virus outbreak in Brazil, which has been potentially linked to the birth condition microcephaly, offers new information on how and when the virus might have entered the Americas...

28 March, 2016

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Need for tetanus booster every 10 years overturned with new study

A new study has shown that adults don’t need to be given a tetanus booster shot every 10 years. This would save millions of dollars in health care costs if the adult vaccination schedule was revised. Tetanus, or...

28 March, 2016

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Findings in humans provide encouraging foundation for upcoming AIDS vaccine clinical trial

Engineered vaccine protein binds key immune cells that exist in nearly everyone Some people infected with HIV naturally produce antibodies that effectively neutralize many strains of the rapidly mutating virus, and...

28 March, 2016

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Ancient virus found hibernating in the human genome—and it might wake up

In DNA dig, scientists unearth more viral code, which makes up >8% of our genomes. In the current era of microbiome research, we humans are already having to come to grips with the fact that ‘I’ is actually ‘we’...

28 March, 2016

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