COVID-19 studies should also focus on mucosal immunity, researchers argue
Credit: Douglas Levere/ University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Anyone who has undergone a nasal swab or saliva test for ...
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COVID-19 vaccine candidate tested preclinically at UAB nears first clinical test in people
Maryland-based Altimmune Inc. has submitted an Investigational New Drug application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence a ...
Salk Professors Susan Kaech and Alan Saghatelian named 2020 AAAS Fellows
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 24, 2020) Salk Professors Susan Kaech and Alan Saghatelian have been named 2020 Fellows of ...
LG Electronics, IVI join forces to conduct a cholera vaccination and prevention project in Ethiopia
Credit: IVI Project to provide vaccination for 40,000 residents in areas at risk of cholera and establish disease monitoring system ...
Sound waves power new advances in drug delivery and smart materials
Pioneering research shows how high-frequency sound waves can help build smart materials, new nanoparticles & deliver drugs to the lungs ...
Most adults over 50 say they’ll get vaccinated against COVID-19, but many want to wait
People of color & those with lower incomes or education levels less likely to say they'll seek vaccination against a ...
Vaccines and biotherapeutics: unique program provides hands-on manufacturing training
The Ottawa Hospital, Algonquin College, University of Ottawa and Mitacs partner on five-year training programCredit: The Ottawa Hospital As COVID-19 ...
PEDSnet report details how COVID-19 pandemic has affected children
Analysis of 135,000+ medical records shows the novel coronavirus hits hardest among teens, children with diabetes or cancer, lower-income families, ...
App could provide new way to track vaccine safety
Canadian researchers launch pilot study of CANImmunize for tracking adverse events related to flu vaccineCredit: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Vaccines ...
UCLA model ID’s neighborhoods that should have priority for vaccine, other COVID-19 help
New research shows which racial, ethnic populations in L.A. are most vulnerableCredit: UCLA CNK-BRITE To help slow the spread of ...
Case Western Reserve University researchers study how the immune system responds to COVID-19
School of Medicine awarded $2.6M; receives two of 13 grants nationallyCredit: CWRU School of Medicine CLEVELAND--New research funded by the ...
MTU, UMass researchers preserve viral vaccines without refrigeration
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Ever receive a vaccination that seemed to burn a lot while it was injected? The vaccine ...
Could SARS-CoV-2 evolve resistance to COVID-19 vaccines?
Credit: Kennedy et al, 2020 (PLOS Biology, CC BY 4.0) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Similar to bacteria evolving resistance to ...
$1 million to support manufacturing of COVID-19 treatments, vaccines at uOttawa, Ottawa Hospital
Credit: University of Ottawa Researchers from the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital have been awarded $1,050,000 million from ...
Vaccine shows promise against herpes virus
New study demonstrates candidate's potential to generate antibodies, limit viral sheddingCredit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln A genetically edited form ...
Researchers identify key marker to help speed development of CMV vaccines
The finding provides a surrogate for testing the effectiveness of vaccine candidatesCredit: Jennifer Jenks, Duke University School of Medicine DURHAM, ...
Fighting Zika? Call in the T cells
Stopping emerging viruses could depend on getting T cells and antibodies to work togetherCredit: NIAID LA JOLLA--Where Aedes mosquitoes fly, ...
Ultrapotent COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed via computer
Preclinical data published in Cell show the nanoparticle vaccine spurs extremely high levels of protective antibodies in animal modelsCredit: Ian ...
UH and CWRU announce study of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vectorCredit: UH CLEVELAND - University Hospitals (UH) and Case ...
Most people mount a strong antibody response to SARS-CoV-2 that does not decline rapidly
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System (New York, NY - October 28, 2020) - The vast majority of individuals infected with ...