News tagged with dna vaccine

New way of predicting dominant seasonal flu strain

Rice University scientists have found a way to predict rapidly whether a new strain of the influenza virus should be included in the annual seasonal flu vaccine. While it sometimes takes new flu strains up to three years ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Human clinical trial of DNA-MVA HIV vaccine candidate begins

A Phase I study, called RV262, recently began to evaluate a combination DNA prime/MVA vector boost vaccine regimen that was developed to protect against diverse subtypes of HIV-1 prevalent in North America, Europe, Africa ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Sep 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

National Jewish Health receives patent for liposome-based vaccine

(PhysOrg.com) -- National Jewish Health has received a US patent for a new kind of vaccine, which uses a small lipid bubble to deliver an antigen and DNA adjuvant.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

First 'synthetic life': Scientists 'boot up' a bacterial cell with a synthetic genome

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have developed the first cell controlled by a synthetic genome. They now hope to use this method to probe the basic machinery of life and to engineer bacteria specially designed ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (37) | comments 79 | with audio podcast

GEN reports on the promise of DNA vaccines

Laboratory research and clinical studies are beginning to demonstrate that DNA vaccines can be as effective as traditional vaccines, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). A number of factors are driving ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New detection technique used in analysis of vaccines

(PhysOrg.com) -- An analysis of vaccines undertaken by researchers from 5 institutions has found that 7 of the vaccines' DNA content was pretty much as expected, but surprisingly, one also contained DNA of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers sequence swine genome

(PhysOrg.com) -- A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists use world's fastest supercomputer to create the largest HIV evolutionary tree

Supporting Los Alamos National Laboratory's role in the international Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology (CHAVI) consortium, researchers are using the Roadrunner supercomputer to analyze vast quantities of genetic sequences ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0