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Children help researchers solve malaria vaccine puzzle

Australian researchers have found promising new targets for a vaccine to prevent malaria, a disease that kills more than 600,000 people every year. Researchers at Melbourne’s Burnet Institute and the Papua New...

22 July, 2013

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Study says H7N9 could spark global flu outbreak

The H7N9 avian influenza virus responsible for at least 37 deaths in China has traits that could result in a global outbreak of influenza, according to a study published on Wednesday in Nature. An international research...

16 July, 2013

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Malaria vaccine ready in 2015, says WHO

From the World Health Organisation (WHO) came cheering news at the weekend that finally a vaccine for malaria may just be three years away. The WHO said at the weekend that malaria vaccine trials are on-going on 11...

16 July, 2013

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HIV patients apparently virus-free, off antiretroviral drugs

Two HIV-infected men who had bone marrow transplants to treat their blood cancers have stopped taking their anti¬retroviral drugs and still show no sign of the virus, according to research released Wednesday that...

16 July, 2013

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Researchers find new method of detecting dengue virus

In a report in BioMed Central’s open access Virology Journal published last Friday, researchers showed a low cost method of detecting the mosquito-bourne dengue virus by using gold nanoparticles. Half of the world’s...

12 July, 2013

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New mask ‘effective against flu, corona virus’

Viroblock, a Swiss start-up, has developed a novel face-mask containing technology that effectively traps and kills H1N1 flu and human corona viruses that pass through air, a statement said. Aimed at helping protect...

12 July, 2013

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New refrigeration technology provides vaccines for developing countries

Global Good and AUCMA announced on Tuesday that they will partner to manufacture and distribute AUCMA’s refrigeration device to help end mortality by vaccine-preventable diseases in underserved regions in the developing...

12 July, 2013

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Investment into HIV prevention research could speed up breakthroughs

A broader base of funders is needed to sustain support for HIV prevention research, which continues to make breakthroughs that could help to end the AIDS epidemic, according to a report released on Saturday. The report...

10 July, 2013

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Researchers study existence of cross-protection between multiple strains of infectious disease

Using a unique data set spanning 40 years of dengue fever incidence in Thailand, an international team led by biostatistician Nicholas Reich at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has for the first time estimated...

8 July, 2013

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TSRI scientists make RNA discovery that could impact vaccine development

A recent RNA discovery by a team of scientists at the La Jolla, California-based The Scripps Research Institute could result in medical applications like improved viral vaccines and treatments for autoimmune conditions...

8 July, 2013

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