Posts Tagged ‘vaccines’
Health & Medicine - Oct 27, 2009 15:49 - 3 Comments
‘Conveyor belt’ route to better vaccines
EMORY (US)—Scientists have identified a protein that could enable more vaccines to be delivered through the mouth or nose, thus strengthening the body’s defenses where the body first encounters many bacteria and viruses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 26, 2009 14:04 - 0 Comments
African-American seniors more wary of flu shots
U. BUFFALO (US)—Only 48 percent of African-American seniors get influenza vaccinations, largely because of inaccurate and incomplete information about the flu itself, safety of inoculations, and ease and necessity of the shots. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 2, 2009 10:23 - 0 Comments
HIV keeps morphing to escape immune system
EMORY (US)—HIV’s ability to mutate in response to immune system pressure means the virus can take several escape routes from antibodies, eventually exhausting the immune system, new research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 18:25 - 0 Comments
Needles necessary to stem seasonal flu
U. MICHIGAN (US)—A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 21, 2009 17:13 - 2 Comments
Game theory says give, not receive, flu vaccine
DUKE (US)—Because supplies of the H1N1 influenza vaccine are expected to be short, governments may be tempted to buy large quantities of vaccine and antiviral treatments to protect their citizens. Yet a new game theory model suggests that, in the case of some epidemics, countries would be best served by giving their drug supplies to another country. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2009 11:37 - 0 Comments
Race to stop new smallpox threat
TULANE (US)—A nationwide effort is under way to develop an inhaled version of an antiviral drug to treat smallpox, a disease that was eradicated worldwide in the 1970s but one that has re-emerged as a possible bioterrorism weapon.
Science & Technology - Jul 24, 2009 11:29 - 1 Comment
Follow atomic map to stop hepatitis E
Using X-ray crystallography and sophisticated software, Rice graduate student Tom Guu created stunning images that show the atomic structure of hepatitis E.
Health & Medicine - Jul 14, 2009 13:12 - 3 Comments
Smallpox eradicated, but vaccine poses new risks
“These infections could prove fatal in as many as 20 percent of cases,” says Lisa Beck, lead author of the new study. “More shockingly, they not only occurred in eczema patients who were immunized themselves, but also in eczema patients who simply came in contact with other recently vaccinated individuals.” (Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Health & Medicine - Jul 13, 2009 11:56 - 1 Comment
Nanocapusles may deliver drugs without side effects
This image shows a microtube surface coated with nanocapsules containing a small-interfering RNA (which glows red under a fluorescent microscope). The capsules were targeted to specific circulating cells. (Credit: Zhong Huang/Cornell University)
Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 12:59 - 0 Comments
Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines
The vaccine patches used in the experiments contained an array of stainless steel microneedles coated with inactivated influenza virus.
Health & Medicine - May 28, 2009 21:22 - 0 Comments
Vaccines say goodbye needle, hello smoothie
The dendritic cell (green) engulfs the lactobacilli (small blue dots) which release the vaccine. The dendritic cells will induce the proliferation and the activation of T and B cells which will eliminate the infected cells.
Health & Medicine - May 13, 2009 15:28 - 0 Comments
Future vaccines may target fierce antibodies
PRINCETON (US)—Scientists may have found a better way to make a flu vaccine. Though theoretical, work at Princeton University takes a closer look at the poorly appreciated interaction between a virus and the antibodies that fight infection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 12, 2009 11:47 - 0 Comments
Computer test IDs potent flu vaccines
RICE (US)—World health officials may have a new weapon to fight flu. A computerized testing method developed by Rice University scientists could make it easier to identify vaccines that are effective against multiple flu strains. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2009 17:21 - 0 Comments
Treating STDs with a nanotech knockout
YALE (US)—Using specialized RNA molecules to interfere and silence—or knock out—genes could be the first step in developing a new type of treatment for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 22, 2009 17:59 - 4 Comments
Seeing an end to herpes via vaccine
UC IRVINE (US)—The herpes virus has a well-kept secret. While the trademark symptoms are widely known, few realize the virus is a leading cause of blindness. A new eye-drop vaccine developed by researchers at the University of California, Irvine could halt those vision-impairing side effects. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2009 11:03 - 0 Comments
Researchers harness cold virus to fight HIV
Professors Eddy and Gail Ferstandig Arnold (Credit: Nick Romanenko)
