Typhoid vaccine may protect against other infections
Credit: Professor Melita Gordon New research by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine shows that vaccination ...
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Researcher gets $3.86 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine with microneedle patch
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State University's Institute for Biomedical Sciences, has received a ...
Custom-made proteins may help create antibodies to fight HIV
A new way to create proteins that can sneak through HIV's protective coating may be a step toward understanding the ...
Common virus is 'less prone to mutation' giving hope for vaccine development
One of the commonest causes of congenital disability, the Human Cytomegalovirus (HCMV), is less prone to mutation than previously thought, ...
Outfitting T cell receptors to combat a widespread and sometimes deadly virus
Credit: Jennifer Maynard/Ellen Wagner/University of Texas Researchers have engineered "antibody-like" T cell receptors that can specifically stick to cells infected ...
IDRI partners with Afrigen Biologics and Biovac to produce tuberculosis vaccine
Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, ...
Two types of HPV linked to cervical cancer have declined since the advent of the HPV vaccine
Bottom Line: An analysis of cervical precancers over a period of seven years showed that two strains of human papillomavirus ...
New insight on potent HIV antibody could improve vaccine design
Early mutation in neutralizing antibody gives it flexibility to adapt to virus's changes DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to ...
Seeing the unseeable
Using crystals to unpick how viruses work Researchers at Cardiff University have used x-ray crystallography and computer simulation to get ...
A lack of antibody diversity may make the elderly more susceptible to the flu
Credit: Henry et al./Cell Host & Microbe The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B ...
Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease
Discovery may also help scientists develop childbed fever vaccineCredit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) HOUSTON-(Feb. 18, ...
Decoding the human immune system
For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than ...
Bird flu shuffle probes viral compatibility
How well can H7N9 and H5N8 genetically mix with a seasonal strain? When influenza viruses that infect birds and humans ...
Immunotherapy can be effective in treating people with recurrent glioblastoma
UCLA-led research could be step toward new therapy for hard-to-treat brain cancer A UCLA-led study suggests that for people with ...
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