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Scientists explain how the TB vaccine protects against other diseases

In a study published in the journal ‘Cell Reports’, the research shows that the broad-spectrum effects of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine could be mediated by metabolic and epigenetic changes in white blood...

21 December, 2016

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UTMB researchers develop first chikungunya vaccine from virus that does not affect people

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have developed the first vaccine for chikungunya fever made from an insect-specific virus that doesn’t have any effect on people, making the...

20 December, 2016

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Chinese scientists create flu vaccine from live virus using “revolutionary” approach

Chinese researchers said they may have found a simple, convenient and potentially “revolutionary” new approach to create effective vaccines by just genetically tweaking live viruses to make them capable of...

8 December, 2016

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New, more effective strategy for producing flu vaccines

A team of researchers led by Yoshihiro Kawaoka, professor of pathobiological sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has developed technology that could improve the production of...

6 December, 2016

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A method for storing vaccines at room temperature

Shipping vaccines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain (a “cold chain”) all the way to recipients is a major logistical and financial challenge in remote areas and developing countries...

2 December, 2016

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Virus engineered to rely on artificial amino acids, used as vaccine

Synthetic biology has become a catch-all term for attempts to engineer organisms to do things they normally wouldn’t. Efforts so far have ranged from assembling logic circuits inside bacteria to replacing an...

2 December, 2016

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TSRI scientists develop vaccine against fatal prescription opioid overdose

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a vaccine that blocks the pain-numbing effects of the opioid drugs oxycodone (oxy) and hydrocodone (hydro) in animal models. The vaccine also appears to...

1 December, 2016

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Experts call for fair vaccine pricing, not ‘random acts of charity’

Drug companies should stop using donations to atone those who cannot afford expensive vaccines and instead lower prices, argue experts in The BMJ. It follows a recent decision by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to refuse...

1 December, 2016

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First new HIV vaccine efficacy study in 7 years has begun

South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among...

29 November, 2016

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Scientists find new way to improve MERS vaccines

Since the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was identified in 2012, more than 1,800 people have been infected with the virus that causes MERS, and the fatality rate is a concerning 36 percent. There’s still...

25 November, 2016

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