News tagged with malaria vaccine
Related topics: malaria , vaccine , malaria parasite
Nano-sized vaccines
MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Researchers modify yellow fever vaccine to fight malaria
(PhysOrg.com) -- A genetically modified vaccine originally used to eradicate yellow fever could be the key to stopping a mosquito-borne scourge that afflicts much of the developing world.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 08, 2010 |
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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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First genetically-engineered malaria vaccine to enter human trials
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute scientists have created a weakened strain of the malaria parasite that will be used as a live vaccine against the disease. The vaccine, developed in collaboration with researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Vaccine blocks malaria transmission in lab experiments
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute have for the first time produced a malarial protein (Pfs48/45) in the proper conformation and quantity to generate a significant immune response in mice and non-human ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Malaria vaccine for Africa closer than ever, scientists say (Update)
Scientists are closer than ever to rolling out the first malaria vaccine, which could be available in Africa by 2015, a co-inventor of the shot against the killer disease said Tuesday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 28, 2010 |
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New malaria vaccine is safe and protective in children, scientists find
A new vaccine to prevent the deadly malaria infection has shown promise to protect the most vulnerable patients — young children — against the disease, according to an international team of researchers led by the University ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2010 |
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UCF professor's vaccine could be lethal weapon against malaria, cholera
Mankind may finally have a weapon to fight two of the world's deadliest diseases.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 26, 2010 |
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World's largest malaria vaccine trial now underway in 7 African countries
A pivotal efficacy trial of RTS,S, the world's most clinically advanced malaria vaccine candidate, is now underway in seven African countries: Burkina Faso, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. The trial, ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Researchers find extreme genetic variability in malaria parasite
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) have charted the extreme genetic differences that occur over time in the most dangerous malaria parasite in the world. While ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Gene targeting discovery opens door for vaccines and drugs
In a genetic leap that could help fast track vaccine and drug development to prevent or tame serious global diseases, DMS researchers have discovered how to destroy a key DNA pathway in a wily and widespread human parasite. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 13, 2009 |
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New malaria vaccine depends on ... mosquito bites
The same menace that spreads malaria – the mosquito bite – could help wipe out the deadly disease, according to researchers working on a new vaccine at Tulane University.
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Profiling malaria-causing parasites
The majority of fatal cases of malaria are caused by infection with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Most at risk are young children and women who are pregnant. A team of researchers, led by Patrick Duffy, at the Nation ...
Feb 07, 2011 |
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MVI, Merck, NYU collaborate to research potential malaria vaccine
Development of a vaccine to prevent the malaria parasite from entering the human liver is the goal of a new collaboration announced today by global leaders in malaria research and vaccine development. The PATH Malaria Vaccine ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 14, 2010 |
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Lancet: Towards a malaria vaccine -- serious investment needed
The lead Editorial in this week's Lancet, ahead of World Malaria Day on April 25, calls for 'serious investment into a 'broad research and development strategy towards a malaria vaccine'. The Editorial welcomes the vaccin ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 22, 2010 |
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