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New clues on the history of the smallpox vaccine virus

Smallpox – simply hearing the word evokes images of countless people suffering gruesome deaths throughout recorded history. Known scientifically as variola, the virus had 30 percent mortality rate and survivors...

2 October, 2015

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A single test could detect almost any virus

A new test that detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals has been developed by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, according to results published in the journal...

2 October, 2015

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Worldwide consortium reforms understanding of dengue virus

An international consortium of laboratories from around the world, all of which are studying various differences between dengue viruses, has emphasized that the understanding of dengue virus is too simplistic...

22 September, 2015

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Danbury scientists link common virus to cancer

Local medical scientists have found one of the most common viruses in the human body is linked to poor outcomes in patients with most kinds of early-stage cancers. Scientists at the Western Connecticut Health Network...

22 September, 2015

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Flu vaccine shows promise in combating all strains

Scientists from the Vaccine Research Center and the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new flu vaccination that is seen as a step toward combating all flu...

22 September, 2015

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First self-injectable HIV antibody may prevent virus transmission

The first self-injectable HIV antibody, PRO 140, has a 98 percent success rate in reducing the virus in HIV patients’ blood, according to results released from a Phase 2b clinical trial of the drug. PRO 140 works by...

11 August, 2015

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New vaccine approach to fight dengue

US researchers have devised an entirely new approach to vaccines – creating immunity against the dengue virus without vaccination. The study demonstrated that animals injected with synthetic DNA engineered to...

11 August, 2015

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Experimental MERS vaccine battles virus in mice and monkeys

New experimental vaccines use viral DNA and proteins to help animals’ immune systems fight the virus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome. The vaccines stimulate the production of antibody proteins that latch...

31 July, 2015

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HIV vaccine could be tested in humans sooner than expected

Researchers from The Scripps Research Institution (TSRI), Harvard, MIT and other institutions made ground-breaking discoveries that has led to a HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) vaccine that could be tested in humans...

2 July, 2015

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Researchers identify two critical mutations that allow MERS virus to transmit from bats to humans

Researchers have identified two critical mutations allowing the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) virus to transmit from bats to humans. The findings were published in the most recent edition of the Journal...

26 June, 2015

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