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The global fight against coronavirus

In just a couple of months the new coronavirus that emerged from the Chinese city of Wuhan has spread around the world, sparking a race to find treatments and vaccines against it. The human race is locked in a battle...

28 February, 2020

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Malaria vaccine for pregnant women safe in Phase 1 Trial

In regions of the world where malaria is endemic, pregnant women who contract the infection face severe health risks as well as complications in their pregnancies. Blood cells infected with malaria-causing Plasmodium...

26 February, 2020

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Cancer vaccine could ‘boost’ immunotherapy effectiveness

A new major study has revealed that supercharging the mutation rate in cancer cells could create a “powerful vaccine” that is able to boost the effectiveness of immunotherapy. The international study – carried out by...

26 February, 2020

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New vaccine production method could extend shelf life, reduce costs

Researchers in Mexico have developed a new method to produce vaccines that could extend vaccine shelf life, reduce costs, and eliminate the need for cooling, according to a new study.1 “Our platform facilitates the...

12 February, 2020

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WHO says first coronavirus vaccine could be ready in 18 months

The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus within 18 months. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the vaccine for the virus, which the organization dubbed Covid-19, will take...

12 February, 2020

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Battling the Coronavirus: Alibaba and Baidu AI accelerate vaccine and drug R&D

As of February 7, China’s National Health and Health Commission had received a total of 31,261 confirmed cases of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov) outbreak and 26,359 suspected cases, which was a leap of 4,833...

10 February, 2020

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Scientists develop safer, less costly polio vaccine

As the world nears poliovirus eradication, the vaccines themselves have become the greatest threat. In response to a global demand for an effective, safer-to-handle and less costly polio vaccine, scientists at the...

4 February, 2020

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New, more effective tuberculosis vaccine developed

The origins of vaccines go back to the turn of the 19th century when Edward Jenner noticed that dairymaids who had been previously infected with cowpox were immune to smallpox. From there, he created the first “vaccine”...

3 February, 2020

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Study suggests a different design for staph vaccine to tackle antibiotic resistance

Staph bacteria are one of the many bacteria that seem to have become drug-resistant and is a matter of concern for medical professionals and healthcare since the bacteria is a cause behind many skin conditions. Various...

3 February, 2020

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Study results will inform immunisation programs globally

The results of the B Part of It study – the largest meningococcal B herd immunity study ever conducted – are published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The results have implications for all meningococcal B...

27 January, 2020

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