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Indian scientists develop Hepatitis C vaccine
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Indian scientists develop Hepatitis C vaccine

A group of Indian scientists has developed a vaccine meant to treat Hepatitis C, a virus or infection that causes liver disease and inflammation of the liver. According to the report in Times of India, the team from the...

23 February, 2016
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Path to Zika vaccine strewn with hurdles
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Path to Zika vaccine strewn with hurdles

The world is once again asking scientists and drugmakers to come up rapidly with a vaccine for a viral disease that, in the latest case, few people had heard of until a few weeks ago, and even fewer feared. Making a...

19 February, 2016
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ART reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract
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ART reduces HIV in the female reproductive tract

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) affects the way HIV disseminates and establishes infection in the female reproductive tract, which could have significant implications for future HIV prevention, vaccine and cure studies...

11 February, 2016
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The race is on to develop a Zika vaccine
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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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A movement toward individualized vaccines
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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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