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The race to an RSV vaccine could soon be over, decades after the first attempt

Roughly six decades after the first attempt to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, the Food and Drug Administration is poised to approve several shots by next winter. No RSV vaccine has ever been approved...

27 February, 2023

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Preparing for coming RSV, influenza epidemics

Large populations are susceptible to respiratory diseases because of COVID-19 intervention policies but reinstating nonpharmaceutical interventions at the correct time can help slow the spread Governments around the...

19 January, 2023

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Vaccine with virus-like nanoparticles found to be effective treatment for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)

Researchers at Georgia State University say their findings, published July 14 in the International Journal of Nanomedicine, suggest their nano-engineered vaccine induces long-term protection against respiratory...

18 October, 2022

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Dreaming up new proteins, AI churns out possible medicines and vaccines

Computational biologist Jue Wang was already striving to develop an artificial intelligence (AI) to churn out candidate medicines when he had to rush his 2-year-old son to the hospital with a potentially lethal...

28 July, 2022

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Respiratory virus ‘kills 100,000 children under five’

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is common cause of infections such as pneumonia. Most cases and deaths in young children occur in lower-income countries. Passive immunisation campaign urged for babies under six months...

10 June, 2022

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How COVID-19 created dramatic changes in a ‘winter virus’

The pandemic is changing the genetic landscape of virus strains A University of Sydney- led study reveals how the pandemic has changed the normal patterns of winter viruses in Australia, with new strains emerging and...

1 June, 2022

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New study confirms bioengineered RSV protein vaccine evokes protective immune response

Close interactions with infectious disease set both UC Santa Cruz graduate student Ana Nuñez Castrejon and Associate Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Rebecca DuBois on the path of studying respiratory syncytial...

14 March, 2022

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Detection of influenza virus in air samples of patient rooms

Background Understanding the transmission and dispersal of iinfluenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) via aerosolsvia aerosols is essential for the development of preventative measures in hospital environments and...

3 November, 2020

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Vaccine against RSV could be in sight, researchers say

A vaccine for the common and sometimes deadly RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) has been elusive, but scientists say a new discovery puts them much closer to success. A new study from The Ohio State University provides...

10 October, 2019

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Experimental vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) elicits strong immune response

An experimental vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), one of the leading causes of infectious disease deaths in infants, has shown early promise in a Phase 1 human clinical trial. A team of researchers...

3 August, 2019

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