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Molecule discovered in worm spit could offer solution for non-healing wounds

Every day 12 Australian diabetics have a limb amputated because of a non-healing wound. Globally, it's one every 30 seconds.

25 May 2017

UT Southwestern research shows potential of new DNA vaccine in preventing Alzheimer’s disease

A new DNA vaccine when delivered to the skin prompts an immune response that produces antibodies to protect against toxic proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease – without triggering severe brain swelling that earlier antibody treatments caused in some patients.

23 May 2017

Rotavirus vaccination in babies, young children linked to slightly increased risk for intussusception

Rotaviruses are the commonest cause of diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. To protect against rotavirus infection, in 2013 the Standing Committee on Vaccination in Germany recommended rotavirus vaccination for all infants.

22 May 2017

Complex malaria vaccine protects monkeys against virulent parasite strains

Researchers from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, modified an experimental malaria vaccine and showed that it completely protected four of eight monkeys that received it against challenge with the virulent Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasite.

22 May 2017

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

In June 2012, a 60 year-old man with flu-like symptoms walked into a private hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two weeks later, he died from multiple organ failure, becoming the first victim of a mysterious virus that came to be known as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or MERS.

19 May 2017

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

After analyzing the blood of a survivor of the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak, a team of scientists from academia, industry and the government has discovered the first natural human antibodies that can neutralize and protect animals against all three major disease-causing ebolaviruses.

19 May 2017

Researchers identify antibodies that hold promise as Ebola treatments

The fight to contain the 2013-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa was hampered by the lack of an effective treatment or vaccine. Researchers funded in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have studied the blood of an Ebola survivor, searching for human antibodies that might effectively treat not only people infected with Ebola virus, but those infected with related viruses as well.

18 May 2017

Recovery from bacterial pneumonia changes the infected lung cells, study shows

When people develop a respiratory infection, recovery from their illness leaves behind an immunological memory that influences how they will respond to later infections.

17 May 2017

Researchers develop new strategy that can revolutionize HIV vaccine design

Vaccines are an essential tool for preventing and treating serious infectious diseases such as polio, chicken pox and measles. But so far it has not been possible to develop vaccines capable of contributing to the treatment and prevention of chronic infectious diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C.

17 May 2017

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

New research led by Alexey Terskikh, Ph.D., associate professor at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), and Alex Strongin, Ph.D., professor at SBP, could be a first step toward a drug to treat Zika infections. Publishing in Antiviral Research, the scientific team discovered a compound that prevents the virus from spreading.

16 May 2017

Researchers identify many dangerous strains of TB pathogens

Researchers from the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VIGG) and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have established a catalog of mutations in 319 virulence genes of mycobacteria that cause tuberculosis.

16 May 2017

Researchers measure spread of tau protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

In a new study presented in Molecular Psychiatry, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have measured how deposits of the pathological protein tau spread through the brain over the course of Alzheimer's disease.

16 May 2017

Year-round flu vaccinations for pregnant mothers benefit babies in subtropical regions

Vaccinating pregnant mothers year-round against flu in the resource-challenged region of subtropical Nepal reduced infant flu virus infection rates by an average of 30 percent, increased birth weights by 15 percent and resulted in babies having less influenza, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

16 May 2017

Researchers develop simple urine-based test for rapid and accurate detection of Zika virus

There is no vaccine. No medication. And, no quick, reliable test for Zika virus … until now. Babies born with the virus often have lifelong, devastating birth defects.

15 May 2017

Two-dose HPV vaccine provides effective protection against genital warts

As of this year, kids under the age of 15 only need 2 doses of HPV vaccine. New research out of Boston Medical Center, published online in the STD Journal, is the first published clinical evidence to support new recommendations by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention for a two-dose HPV vaccine to prevent genital warts.

15 May 2017

Phase 1 clinical studies reveal safety, tolerability of therapeutic vaccine in celiac disease patients

ImmusanT, Inc., a clinical-stage company developing Nexvax2, a therapeutic vaccine intended to protect against the effects of gluten exposure while maintaining a gluten-free diet in HLA-DQ2.5+ patients with celiac disease, today announced the publication of positive data from two Phase 1 clinical trials of Nexvax2 in celiac disease.

12 May 2017

Scientists discover free C3d protein that mitigates tumor-induced immunosuppression

In the body, anti-cancer immunity is immobilized by stealth cancer forces. But a natural de-immobilizer has been identified - and it has a vendetta.

12 May 2017

Researchers uncover structural details that make eye-targeting virus a better tool for future therapies

In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses have gotten awfully good at tricking human cells into pumping out viral proteins. That's why scientists have been working to use viruses as forces for good: to deliver useful genes to human cells and help patients who lack important proteins or enzymes.

12 May 2017

CUMC researchers create new organoids that mimic features of full-sized lung

New lung "organoids"-tiny 3-D structures that mimic features of a full-sized lung- have been created from human pluripotent stem cells by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center. The team used the organoids to generate models of human lung diseases in a lab dish, which could be used to advance our understanding of a variety of respiratory diseases.

11 May 2017

Preclinical results of translational research show favorable outcomes in developing Zika virus vaccine

Preclinical results of research by City College of New York scientists and TechnoVax, Inc. in animal models demonstrate favorable outcomes in developing a vaccine against the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

11 May 2017

Vaccine News and Research

Latest Vaccine News and Research

Molecule discovered in worm spit could offer solution for non-healing wounds

UT Southwestern research shows potential of new DNA vaccine in preventing Alzheimer’s disease

Rotavirus vaccination in babies, young children linked to slightly increased risk for intussusception

Complex malaria vaccine protects monkeys against virulent parasite strains

New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS

New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines

Researchers identify antibodies that hold promise as Ebola treatments

Recovery from bacterial pneumonia changes the infected lung cells, study shows

Researchers develop new strategy that can revolutionize HIV vaccine design

New research could be first step toward drug to treat Zika infections

Researchers identify many dangerous strains of TB pathogens

Researchers measure spread of tau protein in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients

Year-round flu vaccinations for pregnant mothers benefit babies in subtropical regions

Researchers develop simple urine-based test for rapid and accurate detection of Zika virus

Two-dose HPV vaccine provides effective protection against genital warts

Phase 1 clinical studies reveal safety, tolerability of therapeutic vaccine in celiac disease patients

Scientists discover free C3d protein that mitigates tumor-induced immunosuppression

Researchers uncover structural details that make eye-targeting virus a better tool for future therapies

CUMC researchers create new organoids that mimic features of full-sized lung

Preclinical results of translational research show favorable outcomes in developing Zika virus vaccine

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Vaccine News and Research

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