News tagged with virus vaccine
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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Vaccines for HIV: A new design strategy
HIV has eluded vaccine-makers for thirty years, in part due to the virus' extreme ability to mutate. Physical scientists and clinical virologists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Ragon Institute ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Scientists identify novel approach to view inner workings of viruses
Since the discovery of the microscope, scientists have tried to visualize smaller and smaller structures to provide insights into the inner workings of human cells, bacteria and viruses. Now, researchers at the National Institute ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Controversial 'bird flu' edits move ahead
Top US scientists on Wednesday defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global cooperation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic.
Dec 22, 2011 |
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Mapping immune genes in salmon
Morten F. Lukacs' doctoral research at The Norwegian School of Veterinary Science has identified and mapped a group of immune genes that are the key to warding off infectious agents such as viruses and bacteria ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Researchers on the trail of a treatment for cancer of the immune system
Infection with Epstein Barr means that the B cells, which are the primary memory cells of the immune system, are hi-jacked.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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WHO puts back decision on smallpox virus samples
After two days of dispute over the future of smallpox virus samples, member states of the World Health Organization decided Tuesday to postpone their negotiations on the issue for three years.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 24, 2011 |
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Experts debate destroying last smallpox viruses
(AP) -- Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places - the United States and Russia.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 13, 2011 |
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Some monkeys born with gene that protects against AIDS
A certain gene in some monkeys can help boost vaccine protection against simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), a trait that could help researchers develop better AIDS vaccines for humans, suggested a study ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 04, 2011 |
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Official known for '76 swine flu fiasco has died
(AP) -- A prominent former federal health official whose career was tainted by controversy over a swine flu campaign in the 1970s has died.
May 03, 2011 |
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WHO announces deal on sharing flu virus samples
The World Health Organisation said Saturday an agreement has been reached on sharing flu virus samples, hammered out after intense negotiations by a group on preparations for flu pandemics.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 17, 2011 |
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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
Feb 28, 2011 |
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New vaccine technology protects mice from hepatitis C virus
Immunology: Three percent of the world's population is currently infected by hepatitis C. The virus hides in the liver and can cause cirrhosis and liver cancer, and it's the most frequent cause of liver transplants in Denmark. ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Thailand developing dengue vaccine: researcher
Researchers in Thailand say they have developed a prototype vaccine against dengue fever and will conduct further tests with the aim of bringing it to market within a decade.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 22, 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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