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Scientists advance universal flu vaccine
A universal influenza vaccine - so-called because it could potentially provide protection from all flu strains for decades - may become a reality because of research led by scientists from the National Institute of Allergy ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Panel backs sharing studies of lab-made bird flu
(AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts
(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Universal flu vaccine study yields success in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- Adelaide researchers have taken a step closer to the development of a universal flu vaccine, with results of a recent study showing that a vaccine delivered by a simple nasal spray could provide ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Cell-based flu shot beats current vaccine: study
Flu vaccines made from lab-grown cells work at least as well as those derived from viruses cultivated in chicken eggs, the preferred method for 50 years, according to a study released Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Researchers study flu proteins in-depth to identify virus vulnerabilities
Each year, people everywhere prepare for flu season. Some will get the flu vaccine, some take vitamin supplements, some launch a vigorous handwashing campaign, while others take an entirely different approach: ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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Swine flu vaccine likely causes child narcolepsy: study
Children injected with the Pandemrix swine flu vaccine were nine times more likely to contract narcolepsy than those who were not vaccinated, a preliminary study by Finland's National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL, ...
Feb 01, 2011 |
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WHO list reveals pandemic flu advisors with industry ties
Five of the 15 experts that advised the World Health Organisation about swine flu pandemic alerts had received support from the drugs industry, including for flu vaccine research, the WHO revealed on Wednesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 11, 2010 |
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Researchers take a step toward universal flu vaccine
Researchers at a small Seattle biotech company, Theraclone, have discovered rare anti-flu antibodies that target a potential vulnerability in flu viruses.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Less is more! Nanopatch is 100 times better than needle and syringe
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research, led by Professor Mark Kendall, from UQ's Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, demonstrates that a vaccine delivered by a Nanopatch induces a similarly protective immune ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2010 |
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Did seasonal flu vaccination increase the risk of infection with pandemic H1N1 flu?
In September 2009, news stories reported that researchers in Canada had found an increased risk of pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza in people who had previously been vaccinated against seasonal influenza. Their research, consisting ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 06, 2010 |
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Poorly understood cell plays role in immunity against the flu
A new understanding of a certain cell in the immune system may help guide scientists in creating better flu vaccines, report researchers from the Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine and the Immune Disease Institute ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Insect cells provide the key to alternative swine flu vaccination
Scientists in Vienna have developed a new technique for producing vaccines for H1N1, 'swine flu', based on insect cells. The research, published today in the Biotechnology Journal, reveals how influenza vaccines can be pro ...
Jan 04, 2010 |
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Six bad reactions to swine flu vaccine in Canada: official (Update)
Six severe allergic reactions to swine flu vaccinations have been observed in Canada, health authorities said Tuesday, adding that all of the individuals are feeling better.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Vaccines on horizon for AIDS, Alzheimer's, herpes
(AP) -- Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 17, 2009 |
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