News tagged with virus vaccine

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

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Experimental vaccine protects monkeys from new Ebola virus

New research has found that an experimental Ebola vaccine developed by researchers at the National Institutes of Health protects monkeys against not only the two most lethal Ebola virus species for which it ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New HIV model suggests killer T cell for vaccine

Limited success in modelling the behaviour of the complex, unusual and unpredictable HIV virus has slowed efforts to develop an effective vaccine to prevent AIDS.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 29, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Novel vaccine approach offers hope in fight against HIV

A research team may have broken the stubborn impasse that has frustrated the invention of an effective HIV vaccine, by using an approach that bypasses the usual path followed by vaccine developers. By using ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 17, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 3

New insights into how SARS pathogen infects host

(PhysOrg.com) -- When Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) first appeared in 2003, international cooperation helped contain the virulent coronavirus, which caused respiratory illness in more than 8,000 ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A natural approach for HIV vaccine

(PhysOrg.com) -- For 25 years, researchers have tried and failed to develop an HIV vaccine, primarily by focusing on a small number of engineered "super antibodies" to fend off the virus before it takes hold. So far, these ...

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Novel pandemic flu vaccine effective against H5N1 in mice

Vaccines against H5N1 influenza will be critical in countering a possible future pandemic. Yet public health experts agree that the current method of growing seasonal influenza vaccines in chicken eggs is slow and inefficient.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research team finds immune molecule that attacks wide range of flu viruses

The discovery of the molecule, an antibody known as CR6261, is good news for researchers who hope to design a flu vaccine that would give humans lifelong protection against a majority of influenza viruses. The antibody also ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0

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 ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

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 ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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: ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Vaccine blocks cocaine high in mice

Researchers have produced a lasting anti-cocaine immunity in mice by giving them a safe vaccine that combines bits of the common cold virus with a particle that mimics cocaine.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast