London, June 23 : A “rewritten” flu virus sets off an identical immune response in mice to a natural infection, suggesting it could make a more effective vaccine than traditional options.
The new vaccine virus contains identical proteins as the flu strain it targets, with only one major difference: its genome has been rewritten to produce [...]
London, May 1 : Provenge, the world’s first prostate cancer ”vaccine” which works by boosting the body’s immune system to fight tumours, is to be used in patients.
The vaccine helps those already in an advanced stage of the disease.
According to medical tests, it can prolong the life of terminal patients by around four months, one [...]
Washington, Jan 27 (ANI): A researcher at the University of Central Florida has developed what promises to be the first low-cost dual vaccine against malaria and cholera.
“I”m very encouraged because our technique works well and provides an affordable way to get vaccines to people who need them most and can least afford them,” said lead [...]
Washington, Nov 3 : Infants born to women who received influenza vaccine during pregnancy are less likely to be hospitalized due to the disease, say researchers.
Influenza is a major cause of serious respiratory disease in pregnant women and of hospitalization in infants. Although the flu vaccine is recommended for all pregnant women and children, no [...]
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): Healthy pregnant women tend to develop a strong immune response following just one dose of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine, according to initial results from an ongoing clinical trial.
Sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health, the trial involved a preliminary analysis of [...]
Washington, Oct 6 (ANI): A new vaccine to treat cocaine dependence apparently has the potential to reduce drug use in people who attain high anticocaine antibody levels in response, according to a news study.
However, the research found that only 38 percent of vaccinated individuals went on to produce high enough antibody levels and those who [...]
Melbourne, June 30 (ANI): Australian researchers have created an egg-free vaccine for swine flu that can be produced from scratch within weeks.
The revolutionary vaccine matches the virus found in the boy, 10, from San Diego who was the first US case of the illness.
Professor Anton Middelberg, of the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology at [...]