|
Home > News > Tags > vaccine
|
|
30
For many decades, doctors have been using antibiotics to kill off infecting bacteria. However, the field of medicine has been lacking a similarly-effective tool for fighting viral infections. Now, MIT experts propose a new type of drug that does just that. Viral agents are responsible for triggering a host of unpleas... |
10 August 2011
05:57 GMT |
 |
|
A group of scientists in the United States announces the development of a vaccine against heroin high. The chemical injection should also benefit those who want to quit drugs, but find it very difficult to do all by themselves. Experts at the Scripps Research Institute (SRI) explain that the therapeutic potential of ... |
20 July 2011
10:55 GMT |
|
|
The best biological weapon is based on a bacterium against which there is no vaccine, and sadly, the next 'World War' could be one of bioweapons, so scientists are working relentlessly on developing a vaccine against plague.After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, an anthrax scare made bioterrorism a real threa... |
26 January 2011
04:54 GMT |
|
|
Using nanoparticles as vaccine carriers is part of a new strategy of developing a vaccine against norovirus, one of the most frequent causes of food poisoning in the United States.Gastroenteritis – also called stomach flu (even if it has nothing to do with influenza), is an inflammation of the lining of the int... |
20 January 2011
06:58 GMT |
|
|
The second-largest pharmaceutical company in the world – Merck, has developed an experimental vaccine against Staphylococcus aureus, which proved to be very well-tolerated and to stimulate antibodies, the American Society for Microbiology reports.S. aureus is the most frequent cause of hospital-acquired infecti... |
20 January 2011
06:20 GMT |
|
|
American researchers have developed antibodies against a MRSA protein, which interfere with the growth of the bacteria, and are very “attractive candidates” for the first vaccine against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.Edward Schwarz from the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York,... |
17 January 2011
05:20 GMT |
|
|
A new study carried out by Eugene D. Shapiro, MD, et al. at Yale and Columbia Universities confirmed that two doses of the varicella (chickenpox) vaccine give excellent protection in children against this disease, that is very contagious and can take severe forms sometimes.This two-dose vaccine regimen has been recom... |
5 January 2011
03:55 GMT |
|
|
A team of researchers from Biotech Research and Innovation Center (BRIC), at the University of Copenhagen, have found for the first time a protein within the body that can be very effective in preventing chronic tissue inflammation. It can prevent and treat several inflammatory disease models for multiple sclerosis (... |
15 December 2010
06:16 GMT |
|
|
A team of scientists from the University of Leeds are tying a new approach that should be safer and more effective in fighting against polio and finally eradicating the disease.This new approach consists in tricking the body to develop immunity against polio, by creating a replica virus particle that looks and behave... |
14 December 2010
09:16 GMT |
|
|
A new research carried out by scientists at the National Institutes of Health, served as foundation for a computer model that projects the severity of this year's flu season, and that could be used in the planning process for seasonal influenza.This statistical model predicts how many people will get sick from s... |
9 December 2010
07:14 GMT |
|
|
Three to five million people develop cholera every year, according to the World Health Organization, and if untreated, the disease can kill within hours.Cholera is prevalent in areas with no basic infrastructure, sanitation and clean water, and the risks for a cholera outbreak rapidly increase after a man-made or a n... |
25 November 2010
04:38 GMT |
|
|
A team of researchers developed a new, inhalable human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, that could prove very effective in developing countries, both in terms of cost and needle avoidance.The dry powder was developed by lead researcher David McAdams and colleagues from the University of Colorado at Boulder.The vaccine g... |
17 November 2010
10:36 GMT |
|
|
A new breakthrough announced by scientists in Leicester and Dublin brings hope of an efficient vaccine against pneumonia, meningitis and septicemia.This research was a collaboration jointly led by Dr Aras Kadioglu from the University of Leicester and Dr Ed Lavelle from Trinity College Dublin, with Dr Edel McNeela of ... |
12 November 2010
10:10 GMT |
|
|
A team of researchers from Purdue University have made an amazing discovery regarding the West Nile virus: when a certain antibody binds to it, it manages to lock up the infection mechanism and neutralize it.This could be a major step towards developing a vaccine against this mosquito-borne illness, said Michael Ross... |
3 November 2010
04:41 GMT |
|
|
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $4 million grant to William R. Jacobs, Jr, PhD, professor of microbiology & immunology and of genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, and also a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, to develop a new strategy to fight tube... |
5 October 2010
05:31 GMT |
|
|
Researchers found out that if they added a third anti-viral drug to the standard treatment for the hepatitis C, the cure rate increases significantly, even for the most difficult to treat patients. The research was led by Paul Kwo, MD, of Indiana University School of Medicine and published in the online edition of th... |
9 August 2010
06:18 GMT |
|
|
Vaccination can be painful for people that can't stand needles. It can also be quite dangerous if the sterilization procedures are not thorough, the case being in underdeveloped countries. If the future, nobody will probably have to worry about needles anymore, as scientists tested a new concept. The idea of a v... |
19 July 2010
04:03 GMT |
|
|
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has identified the number-one priority of its philanthropic efforts, and in doing so pledged no less than $10 billion for vaccines. According to the Foundation, increased funding of vaccination worldwide could end up saving in excess of eight million children from death by 2020. ... |
1 February 2010
11:35 GMT |
|
|
Scientists in the United States and Japan managed to discover the genetic complex that is thought to be responsible for the 50 million deaths registered during the largest and deadliest pandemic in the world, the 1918 influenza pandemic. The complex, which contains three genes, allows the virus to survive and replica... |
30 December 2008
02:41 GMT |
|
|
Scientists from Australia's Centenary Institute managed to film the way the immune system actually responds to infections in real time, using state-of-the-art modern technology. They watched skin activity for a while, after which time they introduced the Leishmania parasite in the skin and watched how the pathog... |
4 December 2008
06:03 GMT |
|
|
A massive vaccination campaign is scheduled to start in Nigeria on November 30th, as the country's number of new polio cases rose again as compared to last year. Currently, the nation is one of the 4 countries in the world – next to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India – not to have eradicated the in... |
26 November 2008
07:10 GMT |
|
|
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cautioned doctors yesterday, November 20th, to pay extra attention to children over the coming months, as supplies of the critical booster doses for the vaccine against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) bacterium are very low. Eradicated in the United States, the... |
21 November 2008
08:26 GMT |
|
|
Misconceptions and words of mouth may cause thousands of avoidable flu cases this season, as a new survey shows that approximately 48 percent of US citizens do not want to get the inexpensive flu vaccine this year, due to either bizarre reasons or the fact that they want to build up their immune defenses naturally. H... |
18 November 2008
05:28 GMT |
|
|
The human rhinovirus (HRV) is the main culprit behind the common cold and the flu. These epidemics affect millions of people yearly and a drug to completely eradicate them has yet to be devised, because of their high mutagen potential, meaning that the virus changes its structure yearly. As a result, the only way to ... |
27 October 2008
01:09 GMT |
|
|
Type 1 polio could be completely eliminated in Nigeria if the new vaccine reaches enough children in time. This new drug is four times more efficient against all types of polio than any other medication out there today. Considering that Nigeria is one of the last four remaining countries in the world that have not wi... |
16 October 2008
03:59 GMT |
|
|
If you happen to be among those (many) people who can't enjoy warm weather on account of suffering from hay fever, here is some good news for you: due to extensive new research, the sneezing and runny nose could no longer prevent you from enjoying the summer season. Instead of following grueling treatments that ... |
6 June 2008
08:29 GMT |
|
|
Tattoos have been part of human culture for thousands of years. But in the last century, the practice spread worldwide. A tattoo says a lot about you and your life history. And a German team has found that tattoos may be more than that: they could represent the best method of delivering vaccines. The research publish... |
7 February 2008
03:32 GMT |
|
|
Prostrate cancer impairs (mostly) old men's life and sexuality. Surgery leaves them impotent in most of the cases, as penile nerves are touched. Recently, a team at the University of Southern California has developed a prostate cancer vaccine impeding the development of cancer in 90% of young mice engineered to ... |
5 February 2008
06:42 GMT |
|
|
Chimps gave as the HIV virus, but now they could compensate with another one that may cure malaria. This virus triggers cold and stomach trouble in chimps, but it is harmless for humans. Trials made at the Oxford University found an antimalaria boost of the human immune system caused by this virus in 100% of the case... |
1 February 2008
06:25 GMT |
|
|
They hit hard on what represent femininity and fertility. But soon, with just one injection, women would be protected from the devastating ovarian and breast cancers. The vaccine for ovarian cancer would instruct the immune cells to kill the tumor cells. "This trial is a phase I/II trial that is just getting started.... |
24 January 2008
14:06 GMT |
|
|
The discovery of the antibiotics by the middle of the 20th century seemed to have doomed the human pathogens. They proved effective against many bacteria and fungi causing hospital infections, like meningitis, pneumonia and scarlet fever, which before were deadly. But antibiotics cannot attack viruses, like HIV or fl... |
13 November 2007
14:06 GMT |
|
|
HIV, syphilis or gonorrhea are words that go like bullets through your brain, but amongst all STDs, Chlamydia, the "Silent Epidemic" (named so because in women it may not induce any symptoms and will linger for months or years before being detected) is the most widely-spread. In men, Chlamydia can sometimes cause abn... |
5 November 2007
06:04 GMT |
|
|
Children could no longer be terrified because of a new method of delivering a vaccine developed at Texas A&M University. The new vaccine would turn into a jelly when sprayed into the nose."Even though trial treatments are being used to treat bird flu in humans, the vaccine has the potential for numerous other uses, s... |
28 September 2007
03:30 GMT |
|
|
It is the scourge of the 21st century and for over two decades scientists have been looking for an AIDS vaccine. But the long battle experienced a severe blow last week when a long-waited trial of a new HIV vaccine was prematurely stopped after failing in inducing any stop or slow down of the infection. The STEP tria... |
27 September 2007
03:31 GMT |
|
|
HIV, syphilis or gonorrhea may sound more familiar for you, because these STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) are severe, but chlamydia, also called the "Silent Epidemic" (as in women, it may not induce any symptoms and will linger for months or years before being detected), is the most widespread STD. Now a team at... |
13 September 2007
14:06 GMT |
|
|
About 25 million women have got an infection with a strain of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). Over 3 million have one of the four strains provoking cervical cancer and genital warts. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus and oral sex has been linked to HPV-connected oral and oropharyngeal cancers in both women and men... |
13 September 2007
03:11 GMT |
|
|
Till the end of the 20th century, vaccines managed to deal with some of the worst evils of humankind: smallpox, measles, mumps, whooping cough, diphtheria or polio. There was a moment when the new intelligent drugs and high technologies almost turned vaccines into something obsolete. But after the anthrax attacks in ... |
17 July 2007
12:01 GMT |
|
|
Drugs are even more deadly than viruses. So, why not a vaccine against them? That's what a team at Baylor College of Medicine, Canada, has developed: two novel vaccines designed to fight cocaine and methamphetamine dependencies. The new vaccines not only relieve addiction but also decrease withdrawal symptoms. T... |
22 June 2007
07:04 GMT |
|
|
Rotavirus is a dangerous pathogen for children, elders and persons with a weak immune system. It induces severe diarrhea and vomiting in children, killing roughly 600-650,000 annually, aged 0-2 years, mainly in developing nations. Rotavirus vaccine is currently delivered in a liquid or freeze-dried form that must be ... |
15 May 2007
17:21 GMT |
|
|
Large clinical trials and years of researches led Merck researchers to create a cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, found to be 100% effective against the cancer but also against vulval and vaginal warts induced by HPV (human papilloma virus) (types 6, 11, 16 and 18) and 98% protection against advanced pre-cancers in... |
14 May 2007
19:16 GMT |
|
|
You surely won't be happy to see this on your sex partner. Genital warts often occur in clusters and can be very tiny or spread into large masses on the genital or penis area. Women can have genital warts occuring outside and inside of the vagina, on the opening (cervix) to the womb (uterus), or around the anus.... |
12 May 2007
07:03 GMT |
|
|
Worldwide, each minute, six young people aged 15 to 24 get infected with HIV. Researchers have been studying a way to improve the life quality of the HIV patients the so-called "autovaccine". Researches in this direction have been made in Barcelona (Spain), Laussane (Switzerland) and New York. This method consists in... |
11 April 2007
10:36 GMT |
|
|
Rabies was as invincible as HIV. Now this ancient scourge could offer itself in defeating the plague of the XX century: HIV. A team at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia has employed a drastically weakened rabies virus to transport HIV-related proteins into animals, like vaccinating them against an AIDS-like d... |
4 April 2007
10:52 GMT |
|
|
Blue Gene Watson (BGW) is IBM's biggest supercomputer and currently ranks number three in the world.It has 20 racks and at peak performance it processes 114 terraflops (FLOP - Floating Point Operations per Second). It has been deployed for scientific research, undertaking computations that couldn't be done... |
24 March 2007
11:19 GMT |
|
|
|
|
Find us on Google+
