New vaccine offers hope for dogs with cancer
Jennifer Weissel did not expect her greyhound, Kelly, to live to be "an old lady."
Jennifer Weissel did not expect her greyhound, Kelly, to live to be "an old lady."
Veterinary medicine
May 27, 2021
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Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to prevent COVID-19 have made headlines around the world recently, but scientists have also been working on mRNA vaccines to treat or prevent other diseases, including some forms of cancer. Now, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 17, 2021
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The only therapeutic cancer vaccine available on the market has so far showed very limited efficacy in clinical trials. EPFL researchers are currently working on an alternative. They have developed a platform that allows ...
Biochemistry
Feb 11, 2020
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Researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a novel nano-vaccine for melanoma, the most aggressive type of skin cancer. Their innovative approach has so far proven effective in preventing the development of melanoma ...
Bio & Medicine
Aug 5, 2019
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Cancer vaccines have recently emerged as a promising approach for killing tumor cells before they spread. But so far, most clinical candidates haven't worked that well. Now, scientists have developed a new way to deliver ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 1, 2014
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An alternative to a widely accepted vaccination protocol in cats could literally move the needle for feline cancer treatment, according to University of Florida researchers.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2013
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As many as one in 50 people around the world is infected with some type of hepacivirus or pegivirus, including up to 200 million with hepatitis C virus (HCV), a leading cause of liver failure and liver cancer. There has been ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 22, 2013
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Vaccines usually consist of inactivated viruses that prompt the immune system to remember the invader and launch a strong defense if it later encounters the real thing. However, this approach can be too risky with certain ...
Polymers
Jan 28, 2013
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people’s cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, ...
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2010
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