News tagged with animal vaccination

Arctic evolution leads to salmonella vaccine

Bacteria harvested from the frigid waters of the Arctic could be the key to a new type of temperature-sensitive vaccine. University of Victoria microbiology researcher Dr. Francis Nano has received Genome BC Proof-of-Concept ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Vaccine protects against leptospirosis in cattle

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have found that a commercial vaccine is effective against leptospirosis in cattle.

Biology / Other

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Scientists create vaccine against heroin high

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have proven its therapeutic potential in animal models.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (9) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

WSU files for patent on researcher's vaccine technology for chlamydia

A Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher has developed a potential first ever vaccine for Chlamydia, the world's most prevalent sexually transmitted disease and the leading cause of new cases of blindness.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research opens door to vaccines that can circumvent maternal antibodies

New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccine made with synthetic gene protects against deadly pneumonia

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed an experimental vaccine that appears to protect against an increasingly common and particularly deadly form of pneumococcal pneumonia. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

US researchers defend animal testing

US researchers defended animal testing, telling a small group at one of the biggest science conferences in the United States that not doing animal research would be unethical and cost human lives.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New study identifies potential vaccine to prevent gastritis, ulcer disease, gastric cancer

A new study led by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island (URI) and EpiVax. Inc, a privately owned vaccine development company in Providence, RI, has identified a potential ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Development of a safer vaccine for Alzheimer’s disease

A new vaccine protects against memory problems associated with Alzheimer's disease, but without potentially dangerous side effects, a new animal study reports. The research was presented at Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Canine influenza vaccine found effective against secondary infections

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Ron Schultz, professor and chair of the Department of Pathobiological Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, has shown the newly approved Canine ...

Biology / Other

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New Strategy Produces Promising Advance in Cancer Vaccines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at National Jewish Health and the University of Colorado Denver used a new strategy to develop cancer vaccines that were remarkably effective in mice.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Netherlands to slaughter more animals in Q fever epidemic

The Netherlands stepped up measures Wednesday against the world's biggest Q fever epidemic that has killed 10 humans, by ordering the slaughter of over 30,000 animals, a press release said.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aspirin, tylenol may decrease effectiveness of vaccines

With flu season in full swing and the threat of H1N1 looming, demand for vaccines is at an all-time high. Although those vaccines are expected to be effective, University of Missouri researchers have found further evidence ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0