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Disappointment over Ebola vaccine as virus ‘mutates’

Ebola researchers say they are a ‘tad disappointed’ at Ebola vaccine trials as scientists in Guinea warn the virus has mutated. Independent experts said that while the vaccine has been deemed safe, it did not perform as...

2 February, 2015

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Cancer-causing virus blocks human immune response, study shows

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of California at San Francisco have revealed how a type of cancer-causing virus called Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) outwits the human body’s immune...

2 February, 2015

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Evolutionary goal of Ebola virus is to become ‘more lethal’

A new study has revealed that the evolutionary goal of Ebola virus is to become “more lethal.” Scientists at the University of Liverpool looked at the Zaire Ebola strain, which is responsible for the current...

23 January, 2015

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Scripps scientists discover new vaccine to help smokers quit

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute announced that they’ve come up with a way to create a more effective nicotine vaccine, which could eventually help people trying to quit smoking from relapsing. In a...

23 January, 2015

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Human mode of responding to HIV vaccine is conserved from monkeys

The antibody response from an HIV vaccine trial in Thailand was made possible by a genetic trait carried over in humans from an ancient ancestry with monkeys and apes, according to a study led by Duke Medicine...

21 January, 2015

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Developing vaccines for insect-borne viruses

Vaccines developed using proteins rather than live viruses can help protect animals and subsequently humans from insect-borne viruses, according to Alan Young, chief scientific officer for Medgene Labs, an animal health...

21 January, 2015

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Rare virus discovered in common tick

Scientists not yet sure of risk to humans A rare virus has been found in ticks that are common in the southeastern United States. The Tacaribe virus is a so-called arenavirus. Some of the viruses in this family are...

21 January, 2015

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“Extreme measures” needed to see Ebola vaccine development through: Experts

Developing and bringing to market effective Ebola vaccines requires extreme measures and unprecedented international cooperation, global health experts said. In an interim report on a roadmap for vaccines against the...

19 January, 2015

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Oxford Vaccine Group begins first trial of new Ebola vaccine

Oxford University doctors and scientists are starting the first safety trial of an experimental preventative Ebola vaccine regimen being developed by the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson...

16 January, 2015

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China approves new polio vaccine

China has approved a new polio vaccine, the first of its kind to be produced in the country, a month after local authorities gave the green light for a home-grown Ebola vaccine amid Beijing’s push to become a...

16 January, 2015

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