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Importance of pneumococcal vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study discusses the necessity and role of pneumococcal immunization in strengthening the global health system amid the current COVID-19 pandemic.

22 Dec 2021

UK research investigates relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome

Researchers investigate the possible relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and the incidences of Guillain-Barre syndrome.

21 Dec 2021

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody infusion shown to demonstrate robust immune response following COVID-19 vaccination

A new study expands the understanding of the impact of receiving a prophylactic monoclonal antibody infusion, as well as other variables, on the endogenous immune response to complete COVID-19 immunization.

20 Dec 2021

Study says COVID mRNA-based vaccines best for booster vaccination

A new study looks at the adaptive immune response to COVID-19 vaccines, wherein the authors compare heterologous to homologous immunization.

19 Dec 2021

CDC endorses ACIP’s updated recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19

Today, CDC is endorsing updated recommendations made by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for the prevention of COVID-19, expressing a clinical preference for individuals to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine over Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Dec 2021

Prediction of waning COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Omicron variant

Researchers performed a meta-analysis of the results of four previous studies estimating fold-drop in neutralization titer against Omicron to present a combined estimate of the same.

17 Dec 2021

Weak T-cell clonal response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in IBD patients deficient in antibody-responders

Researchers investigate the post-vaccination clonal T-cell response and its relationship to antibody responses in IBD patients.

15 Dec 2021

Monoclonal antibody activity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Scientists from Germany have recently pointed out that the third booster dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective in neutralizing the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

15 Dec 2021

Providing quick & efficient CRO services with Sino Biological

In this interview, News-Medical talks to Dr. Lin Yutao, head of project management at Sino Biological, about the work she does and how Sino provides quick and efficient recombinant CRO services.

From Sino Biological Inc. 15 Dec 2021

New mRNA vaccine platform provides stronger protection against SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

A group of researchers from various institutions developed a nucleoside-modified mRNA vaccine that encodes the SARS-CoV-2 N protein (mRNA-N) and is formulated in lipid nanoparticles for this investigation (LNP).

14 Dec 2021

Determination of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination using T cell receptor repertoire

A new study published on the bioRxiv preprint server has hypothesized that T cell receptors (TCR) repertoire can measure the response to vaccines, as it would identify the TCR of clones that respond to the vaccination.

13 Dec 2021

Characteristics of vaccine breakthroughs in fully vaccinated individuals in France with delta variant

In a recent observational study, scientists have described the characteristics of VBIs in fully vaccinated individuals in France.

13 Dec 2021

COVID-19 pandemic may halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage

New evidence compiled by the World Health Organization and the World Bank shows that the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage.

13 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant may evade host immune responses

A recent study has demonstrated that the omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has a higher ability to evade antibody-mediated neutralization than other variants of concern.

13 Dec 2021

Researchers develop a universal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody

A new study has been published in Frontiers in Immunology, where scientists developed a universal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody, MG1141A.

13 Dec 2021

MV130 immunotherapy boosts natural and vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 immunity in mice

A new mouse study found that intranasal administration of MV130 protected against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

13 Dec 2021

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

A new experiment devised a novel method to manipulate virulent viruses in conventional laboratories and validated the prophylactic effect of this method in two mouse models.

13 Dec 2021

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Study reveals that the most beneficial vaccination strategy is to distribute all available doses of COVID-19 vaccines predominantly for primary vaccinations and the remaining doses for boosters.

12 Dec 2021

Nasal vaccine provides broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in mice

The emergence of COVID-19 variants such as delta and omicron have sent scientists scrambling to determine whether existing vaccinations and boosters are still effective against new strains of SARS-Cov-2.

11 Dec 2021

Neutralizing antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 variants in health care workers pre- and post-vaccination

Researchers examined neutralizing antibody levels in 48 vaccinated health care workers against the major SARS-CoV-2 variants.

10 Dec 2021

Immunization News and Research

Importance of pneumococcal vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic

UK research investigates relationship between COVID-19 vaccination and Guillain-Barré syndrome

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody infusion shown to demonstrate robust immune response following COVID-19 vaccination

Study says COVID mRNA-based vaccines best for booster vaccination

CDC endorses ACIP’s updated recommendations for the prevention of COVID-19

Prediction of waning COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Omicron variant

Weak T-cell clonal response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in IBD patients deficient in antibody-responders

Monoclonal antibody activity against SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant

Providing quick & efficient CRO services with Sino Biological

New mRNA vaccine platform provides stronger protection against SARS-CoV-2 delta variant

Determination of the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination using T cell receptor repertoire

Characteristics of vaccine breakthroughs in fully vaccinated individuals in France with delta variant

COVID-19 pandemic may halt two decades of global progress towards Universal Health Coverage

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant may evade host immune responses

Researchers develop a universal SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibody

MV130 immunotherapy boosts natural and vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 immunity in mice

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

Effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccination strategies in partially vaccinated populations

Nasal vaccine provides broad-based protection against heterologous respiratory viruses in mice

Neutralizing antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 variants in health care workers pre- and post-vaccination

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