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Tick genome reveals secrets of a successful bloodsucker

NIH-funded study could lead to new tick control methods. With tenacity befitting their subject, an international team of nearly 100 researchers toiled for a decade and overcame tough technical challenges to decipher the...

11 February, 2016

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The race is on to develop a Zika vaccine

Drugmakers globally are racing to produce a vaccine for Zika, the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to severe birth defects. The World Health Organization has warned the disease is spreading explosively through...

5 February, 2016

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Mathematics joins biology in nanoparticle vaccine design

Researchers at the Universities of York and Torino have used mathematics as a tool to provide precise details of the structure of protein nanoparticles, potentially making them more useful in vaccine design. Working...

5 February, 2016

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Drug that could aid in vaccine development activates innate immune system in a novel way

A new drug with the potential to aid in vaccine development has been identified by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. “The drug we made appears safe, and boosts immunity in mice. Therefore, the drug...

3 February, 2016

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A movement toward individualized vaccines

X chromosomes kick your immune system into gear. The colder season seems to be synonymous with vaccine season, year after year; as we layer up for winter, recommendations for flu shots seem to pop up everywhere. Despite...

1 February, 2016

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New MenB vaccine could provide babies with protection against deadly MenW strain

New research recently published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases shows that the new MenB vaccine Bexsero (routinely offered to UK infants since September 2015) should provide additional protection against a...

29 January, 2016

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Bacterial ‘superglue’ could speed vaccine creation

Synthetic biologists and an interdisciplinary team based at the University of Oxford recently created a bacterial superglue that researchers may be able to use to speed the development of vaccines. The bacterial...

22 January, 2016

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Bacteria or virus? Diagnostic tool could curb antibiotic overuse

As many as half of the antibiotics prescribed to outpatients in the United States are unnecessary. And many of those scripts come from doctors who aren’t sure whether a patient is infected with bacteria — and needs...

22 January, 2016

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Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the post-eradication era

While the goal of polio virus eradication is in sight, there are concerns about post-eradication manufacturing and stockpiling vaccine stores containing live virus that could escape and repopulate the environment. A...

12 January, 2016

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Scientists identify protein that allows flu virus to replicate in cells

When we are ill with a virus infection, it is because the virus has entered cells in our body and taken over their machinery to make copies of itself. Finding ways to disrupt this process is important for antiviral drug...

12 January, 2016

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