Vaccines

A new single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of more than 59,000 cells from three different patient cohorts provides a detailed look at patients' immune responses to severe cases of COVID-19. The results suggest that patients with severe…

Finding highlights the need for flu vaccines to target multiple sites on virus Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus, H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation that effectively blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral…

This mouse study looked at a group of immune cells called innate-like B-1 B cellsCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have added fresh evidence that early exposure to vaccine-, bacterial- or…

With more than 140 SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in development, the race is on for a successful candidate to help prevent COVID-19. An effective and safe vaccine would be a major advance in the fight against COVID-19. However, there are challenges…

New clinical trials network will evaluate vaccines and antibodies to prevent COVID-19 SEATTLE -- July 8, 2020 -- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has been named the coordinating center for vaccine clinical trials of the COVID-19…

MU media expert analyzed 10 years of HPV-vaccine related Facebook postsCredit: University of Missouri One of the biggest social media sites -- Facebook -- has allowed "anti-vaxxers" to gain a stronger voice against the use of the…

Network website features secure method for volunteering for studiesCredit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has established a new clinical trials…

Vaccines and herd immunity The Great Chinese Famine (1959-1962) was probably the greatest man-made disaster in history resulting in tens of millions of deaths. The responses to the famine and that to COVID-19 are all to similar,…

Credit: Dorothea Hensen / Cologne University Hospital An important line of defence in the fight against the new corona virus SARS-CoV-2 is the formation of neutralising antibodies. These can eliminate the intruders and have great…

Update is adaptation of 2019 recommendations from Federal Advisory Committee The American Cancer Society (ACS) has updated its guideline for HPV vaccination, adapting a 2019 update from the Federal Advisory Committee on Immunization…

Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the race to find new ways to prevent and treat COVID-19, Canadian researchers have launched an innovative clinical trial focussed on strengthening the immune system for one of the most vulnerable…

Phase 1 human tests 'first' in Southern HemisphereCredit: Flinders University A potential COVID-19 vaccine developed at Flinders University has commenced human trials in South Australia. The Phase 1 trials have started at the…

An autobiography by Martin Karplus, nobel laureate in chemistry (with over 200 illustrations)Credit: World Scientific Escaping war and living as a refugee in a foreign land would destroy most childhoods. But to Nobel Laureate…

Infecting some volunteers with COVID-19 may provide valuable insights for future rounds of vaccine testing, but would require very strict controls, argues a group of infectious disease experts in the New England Journal of Medicine.…

Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 2, 2020-- Research out today in the journal Cell shows that a specific…

Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., July 2, 2020-- Research out today in the journal Cell shows that a specific…

MADISON, Wis. -- University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a safer and more efficient way to deliver a promising new method for treating cancer and liver disorders and for vaccination -- including a COVID-19 vaccine…

In an article published today in Science, a multidisciplinary research team from more than 10 universities and research institutes outlines how integrating a more diverse set of species and environments could enhance the biomedical research…

Researchers have shown that a variation in the viral genome of Covid-19 improved its ability to infect human cells and helped it become the dominant strain circulating around the world today. The study, published today in the…

WHAT: In a Perspective for the New England Journal of Medicine, members of the National Institutes of Health's Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) Vaccines Working Group assess practical…