Agtech to the rescue in a pandemic: adapting plant labs for human testing
Credit: Pierre-Luc Pradier. Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling ...
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IVI welcomes Finland as 36th member state with flag-raising ceremony
Credit: IVI August 10, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea - The flag of Finland was raised at the International Vaccine ...
Intranasal vaccine platform has potential for more effective vaccines, fewer side effects
Study shows that peptide nanofibers induce immune response in lungs and lymph nodes without requiring adjuvants for efficacy, indicating promise ...
Vaccines through microneedle skin patches
Grant means tests can go aheadCredit: Innoture A revolutionary new way to give vaccines through microneedle skin patches is being ...
Massey scientist suggests COVID-19 should be treated as an acute inflammatory disease
Credit: Blake Belden, VCU Massey Cancer Center The COVID-19 pandemic has had detrimental effects on global infrastructure sectors, including economic, ...
Locking down shape-shifting spike protein aids development of COVID-19 vaccine
Credit: Jason McLellan/University of Texas at Austin The experimental vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 that was the first to enter human trials ...
NIH-Moderna investigational COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies
Vaccine currently being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical testingCredit: NIH WHAT: The investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 protected mice from ...
Researchers develop new mouse model for SARS-CoV-2
The model will help speed the development of treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 and highlights the pathologic role of type ...
Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2
Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomesCredit: Gina Kirchweger, La ...
2020 Michelson Prizes support groundbreaking research by young scientists
Credit: Michael Birnbaum August 3, 2020 - The Michelson Medical Research Foundation and the Human Vaccines Project are pleased to ...
RSV vaccination of pregnant women could prevent pneumonia in babies
Immunizing pregnant women with a potential vaccine against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) could prevent the most common cause of pneumonia ...
Re-engineering antibodies for COVID-19
Catholic University of America researcher uses 'in silico' analysis to fast-track passive immunityCredit: Victor Padilla-Sanchez, The Catholic University of America ...
Single-shot COVID-19 vaccine protects non-human primates
Findings lay groundwork for clinical development programCredit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, Mass. - The development of a safe ...
Slowing down a ‘helper’ cell may someday make vaccines more effective for seniors
A surprising new concept for boosting the power of flu vaccines might also boost future COVID-19 vaccinesCredit: Cincinnati Children's Many ...
Benefits of running first-in-human and vaccine studies in Australia – Novotech webinar
The leading Asia-Pacific biotech specialist CRO Novotech is collaborating with biotech and pharma news platform Endpoints News for a webinar about ...
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine protects upper and lower airways in nonhuman primates
NIAID-led study of mRNA vaccine supports advance to phase 3 human trialsCredit: NIAID WHAT: Two doses of an experimental vaccine ...
New affinity purification technique for therapeutic proteins
Credit: Kimoon Kim (POSTECH) Professor Kimoon Kim's research group at POSTECH has developed a highly pure and efficient technique for ...
National clinical trial launches, will test promising vaccine against novel coronavirus
UC San Diego among sites across the country seeking to recruit up to 30,000 participants, with hopes of developing and ...
T cells can shift from helping to harming in atherosclerosis
LJI study brings scientists closer to designing a safe anti-atherosclerosis vaccineCredit: Ley Laboratory, La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--High ...
COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Responding to a need to quickly develop billions of doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines, ...