Vaccines

Scientists hope findings mean vaccine supplies could stretch fartherCredit: NIAID WHAT: A single dose of a highly diluted VSV-Ebola virus (EBOV) vaccine--approximately one-millionth of what is in the vaccine being used to help control…

INRS Professor Maritza Jaramillo receives $700,000 from CIHR to fight against Toxoplasma gondiiCredit: INRS Professor Maritza Jaramillo knows a thing or two about parasites--she has spent most of her life studying them. "During my…

New research shows that maternal exposure to a common and ubiquitous form of industrial pollution can harm the immune system of offspring and that this injury is passed along to subsequent generations, weakening the body's defenses…

During IDWeek2019, an annual gathering, infectious disease gurus present research insights about measles, Zika, influenza and other emerging infectious agents around the worldCredit: Children's National Hospital WASHINGTON-(Oct. 2,…

'Forward-oriented' design might boost treatment effectiveness and broaden useCredit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have developed a new and improved viral vector--a…

Credit: Lisa Donohue, HVTN Graphic Designer SEATTLE, OCTOBER 01, 2019 - An early phase study was conducted in the U.S. in which different combinations of DNA (DNA-HIV-PT123) and protein (AIDSVAX® B/E) vaccines were administered in four…

CXCR6 complementary to CXCL16 Scientists have identified a pair of molecules critical for T cells, part of the immune system, to travel to and populate the lungs. A potential application could be strengthening vaccines against respiratory…

New findings reveal many different structural models, which can eventually lead to developing more targeted antiviral vaccines.Credit: Antoni Luque, San Diego State University and Reidun Twarock, University of York. New research…

Research will help advance TB vaccine developmentCredit: NIAID WHAT: The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded $30 million in first-year funding to…

A novel vaccine developed at Penn Medicine protected almost all animal subjects exposed to the virus PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine to protect…