research – Page 45 – Global Health Press

Latest Science

Study of 1.3 million kids reveals vaccines aren’t associated with autism

A meta-analysis including nearly 1.3 million children posted online last week in the journal Vaccine has demonstrated, once again, that there’s no causal link between vaccines and autism. The paper is an online...

19 May, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

Robot may help fight malaria

Most people kill a mosquito with a violent swat of the hand, but Yaroslav Tenzer is much more methodical — and tender. He needs the tiny pest’s body intact so he can harvest its salivary glands. Mosquito saliva is the...

12 May, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

Avian flu virus found among penguins in Antarctica

An international team of researchers have for the first time identified a new avian influenza virus in a group of Adelie penguins from Antarctica. The virus is unlike any other circulating avian flu viruses. While other...

12 May, 2014

2 min read

Latest Science

Target cell entry to halt Chikungunya virus

Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is transmitted to humans by virus-carrying mosquitoes and has caused recent outbreaks in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. CHIKV infection is characterized by fever, rash and polyarthritis that...

2 May, 2014

1 min read

Latest Science

HIV virus may be killed with bee venom says study

HIV may be referred to as a slowly replicating virus that is capable of invading the human body by way of exchanging bodily fluids with another infected carrier. This invasion is said to be the primary culprit that...

2 May, 2014

4 min read

Latest Science

Mers vaccine helps mice fight off deadly virus

Today, there is no real treatment or vaccine that can tackle Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), a virus that was first detected in 2012 and has already affected 339 people in Saudi Arabia, killing 102. It’s...

2 May, 2014

4 min read

Latest Science

Serious challenges remain in dengue vaccine development

There are several dengue virus vaccine candidates in development, but interference caused by the mechanisms of a live dengue virus vaccine is delaying progress, according to data presented here. “Dengue has been a road...

2 May, 2014

4 min read

Latest Science

Scientists find new point of attack on HIV for vaccine development

Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have discovered a new vulnerable site on HIV that antibodies can attack to prevent infection from a broad range...

25 April, 2014

3 min read

Latest Science

MERS vaccine to be available in six months, says virologist

A Saudi virologist said the development of a vaccine within the next six months will help ease incidence of MERS infections, China’s Xinhua news agency reported quoting local media. Aymen Johrji, dean of the...

25 April, 2014

1 min read

Latest Science

Man who co-discovered HIV focused on finding vaccine

It was 30 years ago today that Doctor Robert Gallo and his team of researchers discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the agent that causes AIDS. Doctor Robert Gallo says he still remembers the moment he...

25 April, 2014

1 min read

Tag - research