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Promising cervical cancer vaccine may replace surgery

Finding the cure to cervical cancer may be closer than we think, as a genetically engineered cervical cancer vaccine has performed well during clinical trials. The new study, published in the journal Lancet, shows that...

2 October, 2015

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Researchers modify hepatitis B virus for targeted drug delivery

Stanford researchers have redesigned the hepatitis B virus so that it is invisible to the immune system and can target certain cells without delivering an infectious payload. This report was published in the Proceedings...

2 October, 2015

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A single test could detect almost any virus

A new test that detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals has been developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to results published in the journal...

2 October, 2015

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Worldwide consortium reforms understanding of dengue virus

An international consortium of laboratories from around the world, all of which are studying various differences between dengue viruses, has emphasized that the understanding of dengue virus is too simplistic...

22 September, 2015

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Danbury scientists link common virus to cancer

Local medical scientists have found one of the most common viruses in the human body is linked to poor outcomes in patients with most kinds of early-stage cancers. Scientists at the Western Connecticut Health Network...

22 September, 2015

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Alzheimer’s disease may be infectious, study claims

The “seeds” of Alzheimer’s disease may be transmitted from one person to another during certain medical procedures, scientists have found. A study into people who died of a separate kind of brain disease after receiving...

22 September, 2015

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Flu vaccine shows promise in combating all strains

Scientists from the Vaccine Research Center and the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new flu vaccination that is seen as a step toward combating all flu...

22 September, 2015

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Bacterial find points toward a vaccine for MRSA

New research led by NYU Langone Medical Center has uncovered why a particular strain of Staphylococcus aureus — known as HA-MRSA — becomes more deadly than other variations. These new findings open up...

10 September, 2015

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Study finds mobile phone data can help predict seasonal infectious diseases

Mobile phone data could help predict how seasonal infectious diseases are spread and help policymakers make decisions about interventions, researchers from Princeton University, Harvard University and other institutions...

31 August, 2015

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Researchers test Ebola vaccine for wild apes

Amid promising reports of effective Ebola vaccines for humans, a vaccine that could potentially protect endangered wild apes from deadly infectious diseases, including the Ebola virus, is being tested at the New Iberia...

28 August, 2015

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