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3SBio signs exclusive license agreement with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase

3SBio Inc., a leading China-based biotechnology company focused on researching, developing, manufacturing and marketing biopharmaceutical products, today announced it has entered into an exclusive license with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase (Uricase PEG-20), a pegylated recombinant uricase from candida utilis.

18 Jun 2014

Alexion announces that FDA grants ODD to Soliris for Myasthenia Gravis treatment

Alexion Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:ALXN) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug designation (ODD) to Soliris® (eculizumab) for the treatment of patients with Myasthenia Gravis (MG), a rare, debilitating neurologic disorder caused by uncontrolled complement activation.

17 Jun 2014

Parents value convenience of sports physicals but recognize importance of thorough doctor visits

Nearly half of parents say any qualified health care provider - not just a child's usual provider - can do a sports physical, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.

17 Jun 2014

Enhancing vaccine efficiency through encapsulation

A work published in Vaccine, and led by the Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina (IBB – UAB) and ICN2, studies the biodistribution and immunological efficacy protecting from infection of immunostimulant-loaded nanoliposomes in zebrafish in vivo.

17 Jun 2014

Affordable Care Act to have significant impact on patients with diabetes

The Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare) is dramatically changing health care delivery in the U.S. Specific parts of the new law, which will be phased in through 2020, will have a significant impact on patients with diabetes and prediabetes, as explored in a comprehensive Review article published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers.

17 Jun 2014

Predicting dengue fever in Brazil: an interview with Dr. Rachel Lowe, Catalan Institute for Climate Sciences (IC3)

Dengue is a mosquito-transmitted viral infection. The disease is widespread in tropical and sub-tropical climates and most commonly found in urban areas. Around half of the world's population are now estimated to live in dengue endemic regions.

16 Jun 2014

Investigators study new cancer immunotherapy to help patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Medical investigators at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare are studying a new cancer immunotherapy to see if it can successfully help patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.

16 Jun 2014

Longer looks: Tech-savvy health care ads; being cautious of bad hospital data

"Mom, Dad, what's wrong with me?" Michael Moscariello was a smart, thoughtful 10-year-old when that question burst out one evening before dinner. ... May Moscariello, Michael's mom, had taken him to Franciscan Hospital for Children in Boston three years earlier, in 1988.

13 Jun 2014

Findings provide new strategy for developing safe, effective vaccine against strep throat

An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, have identified the genes encoding a molecule that famously defines Group A Streptococcus (strep), a pathogenic bacterial species responsible for more than 700 million infections worldwide each year.

12 Jun 2014

Health tips for global travellers

Nothing ruins a summer vacation faster than getting sick. "Remember that most diseases are transmitted by food, water and insects," says John A. Sellick, Jr., DO, University at Buffalo associate professor of medicine and hospital epidemiologist at Veterans Affairs Western New York Healthcare System. "So get vaccinated, keep insects off you as much as possible and be careful with what you put in your mouth."

11 Jun 2014

PaxVax partners with UC to develop combination vaccine to prevent genital HSV infections

PaxVax Inc., a specialty vaccine company with a commercial focus on travel and biodefense and a social mission to ensure global access to its vaccines, today announced that it has entered into a research and development collaboration with the University of California, San Diego to develop a combination vaccine to prevent genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections.

10 Jun 2014

Inovio evaluates responses of immunotherapy product in treating HPV linked head and neck cancer

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT: INO) today announced it has initiated a phase I/IIa clinical trial to evaluate safety, immunogenicity and clinical responses of its immunotherapy product, INO-3112, in treating human papillomavirus (HPV)- associated head and neck cancer.

10 Jun 2014

Findings add surprising new dimension to understanding of antibody repertoires

As elite soldiers of the body's immune response, B cells serve as a vast standing army ready to recognize and destroy invading antigens, including infections and cancer cells. To do so, each new B cell comes equipped with its own highly specialized weapon, a unique antibody protein that selectively binds to specific parts of the antigen.

10 Jun 2014

Research on viral RNA may help scientists develop treatments against infectious diseases

In an article published in the scientific journal Nature, a University of Colorado School of Medicine researcher and colleagues explain how RNA molecules found in certain viruses mimic the shape of other molecules as part of a strategy to 'hijack' the cell and make more viruses.

10 Jun 2014

Combined MMRV vaccine slightly increases risk of febrile seizures in children

The combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine shows a slightly increased risk of febrile seizures in children, compared with the previously separate vaccines for MMR and varicella (chickenpox) (MMR+V), according to an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

10 Jun 2014

Researchers move closer to establishing link between GAD65 protein and type 1 diabetes

Researchers are a step closer to establishing the link between a protein with a split personality and type 1 diabetes.

10 Jun 2014

S. pneumoniae is major cause of severe pneumonia in Gambian children

Researchers have published a detailed survey of children with pneumonia in the Gambia, which reveals that Streptococcus pneumoniae is the predominant aetiological agent and that multiple pathogens are present in at least half of cases.

9 Jun 2014

Protein-kinase interactions offer a new way to fight antimalarial drug resistance

When it comes to the emergence of antimalarial drug resistance, it's not a question of 'if' but 'when'. In order to keep up with the quickly evolving Plasmodium parasite - the cause of malaria - new ways to treat and control the disease must be found.

9 Jun 2014

Batu Biologics reports FDA development plans for cancer immunotherapeutic vaccine ValloVax

Batu Biologics announced today FDA development plans for its patent-pending lead product, ValloVax, a cancer immunotherapeutic "vaccine" that specifically targets the tumor blood vessels (endothelium).

9 Jun 2014

Progress in constructing protein nanomachines

A route for constructing protein nanomachines engineered for specific applications may be closer to reality.

6 Jun 2014

Vaccine News and Research

Latest Vaccine News and Research

3SBio signs exclusive license agreement with Selecta Biosciences for pegsiticase

Alexion announces that FDA grants ODD to Soliris for Myasthenia Gravis treatment

Parents value convenience of sports physicals but recognize importance of thorough doctor visits

Enhancing vaccine efficiency through encapsulation

Affordable Care Act to have significant impact on patients with diabetes

Predicting dengue fever in Brazil: an interview with Dr. Rachel Lowe, Catalan Institute for Climate Sciences (IC3)

Investigators study new cancer immunotherapy to help patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Longer looks: Tech-savvy health care ads; being cautious of bad hospital data

Findings provide new strategy for developing safe, effective vaccine against strep throat

Health tips for global travellers

PaxVax partners with UC to develop combination vaccine to prevent genital HSV infections

Inovio evaluates responses of immunotherapy product in treating HPV linked head and neck cancer

Findings add surprising new dimension to understanding of antibody repertoires

Research on viral RNA may help scientists develop treatments against infectious diseases

Combined MMRV vaccine slightly increases risk of febrile seizures in children

Researchers move closer to establishing link between GAD65 protein and type 1 diabetes

S. pneumoniae is major cause of severe pneumonia in Gambian children

Protein-kinase interactions offer a new way to fight antimalarial drug resistance

Batu Biologics reports FDA development plans for cancer immunotherapeutic vaccine ValloVax

Progress in constructing protein nanomachines

Event guide: 3rd mRNA Process Development & Manufacturing Europe eBook

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

Synthetic Psychedelics: A Growing Public Health Concern

How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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Latest Vaccine News and Research

Event guide: 3rd mRNA Process Development & Manufacturing Europe eBook

Real-time Raman monitoring for pharmaceutical hot melt extrusion

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How the Vutara VXL simplifies single-molecule imaging

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