Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2013 13:24 - 3 Comments
Can a new vaccine prevent colon cancer?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — In clinical trials, a first-of-its-kind vaccine successfully prompted the immune system to respond to early indications of colon cancer in people at high risk for the disease. (more…)
Top Stories - Jan 7, 2013 10:39 - 2 Comments
People judge flu risk by cost of vaccine
TULANE (US) — Based on the price of medication, consumers make irrational inferences about their risk of getting sick. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 2, 2013 18:39 - 11 Comments
Is preservative in vaccines worth the risk?
EMORY (US) — Public health experts recommend keeping thimerosal, a commonly used preservative, in the global vaccine supply. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 2, 2013 17:40 - 0 Comments
T cell ‘atlas’ paves way for new vaccines
COLUMBIA U. (US) — The first-ever “atlas” of immune cells in the human body may lead to new vaccine strategies and immunotherapies. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 6, 2012 13:10 - 0 Comments
Measles vaccine in a painless patch
GEORGIA TECH / EMORY (US) — A new microneedle patch could offer an easier way to deliver a vaccine for measles, a disease that killed nearly 140,000 children in 2010. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2012 12:13 - 1 Comment
Tool fixes schedule when kids skip vaccines
GEORGIA TECH (US) — Timing vaccinations can be tricky, but a new online tool makes it easy for children who’ve missed shots to get caught up. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2012 13:48 - 0 Comments
‘Cocoon’ family to shield baby from virus
U. WARWICK (UK) — Vaccinating families could protect babies against a common winter virus which can be fatal for infants younger than six months. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 15, 2012 15:28 - 1 Comment
HPV vaccine doesn’t increase sexual activity
EMORY (US) — A new study shows that receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is not associated with an increase in sexual activity among girls. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2012 14:19 - 0 Comments
Easy policies let more kids go vaccine-free
EMORY (US) — From 2005 to 2011, non-medical exemptions from school-based vaccines increased at a heightened rate, report researchers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 21, 2012 11:55 - 3 Comments
Why falsehoods are easy to believe
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Misinformation is easy to accept if it fits in with a prior belief, researchers say, even when the information is known to be false. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2012 14:55 - 1 Comment
Tiny vaccine doses over time cut hay fever
KING’S COLLEGE LONDON (UK) — When a new vaccine was injected repeatedly in extremely low doses but higher in the skin, the reaction to grass pollen was reduced by 90 percent. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 29, 2012 16:57 - 2 Comments
Protein ‘snapshot’ may improve flu vaccine
CORNELL (US) — A new method for looking at how proteins fold inside mammal cells may one day lead to better flu vaccines. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 24, 2012 14:23 - 1 Comment
Book: Autism-vaccine debate blurs real issue
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — The debate over whether vaccines cause autism masks real problems with the modern inoculation schedule, a new book argues. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2012 9:21 - 0 Comments
Vaccine responds to flu’s ‘original sin’ trick
EMORY (US) — “Original antigenic sin” can impair immune responses to new flu strains, but vaccine experts say they’ve found a possible way around this obstacle.
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2012 11:37 - 0 Comments
How malaria outsmarts immune system memory
YALE (US) — The parasite that causes malaria creates its own version of a human immune hormone—a trick that keeps the body from remembering the infection and developing immunity. (more…)
Top Stories - May 31, 2012 11:07 - 0 Comments
‘Key step’ closer to universal flu vaccine
EMORY (US) — Researchers have discovered that the pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies that protect against a variety of flu strains. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 23, 2012 10:54 - 1 Comment
Drug-vaccine combo better for breast cancer
UC DAVIS (US) — A vaccine that targets cancer cells, given in combination with the standard hormonal therapy for breast cancer, significantly increases survival when tested in mice. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 21, 2012 11:34 - 1 Comment
With vitamin D, vaccine beats more cancer
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The tuberculosis vaccine is often used as a treatment for bladder cancer, and adding vitamin D could improve the vaccine’s effectiveness, research shows. (more…)
