Vaccines

Rapid progress in South AustraliaCredit: Flinders University South Australian researchers working with Oracle Cloud technology and vaccine technology developed by local company Vaxine Pty Ltd are testing a vaccine candidate…

A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA JOLLA, CA -- An antibody recovered from a survivor of the SARS epidemic in the early 2000s has revealed a…

Credit: Marisa Estivill Deaths of children and adolescents in China due to infectious diseases were becoming rare prior to the covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study. Quarantinable conditions with high death rates such as…

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, April 2, 2020 - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists today announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice,…

To stem the coronavirus crisis, Harvard Medical School scientists forge ahead on six key fronts From the plagues of medieval Europe to the influenza pandemic of 1918, the specter of the next public health disaster has gripped the minds of…

Developed by researchers at the Butantan Institute (Brazil) and Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School (USA), the innovation is capable of providing protection against all serotypes of the bacterium Streptococcus…

Fake personas targeted pro- and anti-vaccination messages to Americans, based on their political preferencesCredit: D. Walter, , "Russian Twitter Accounts and the Partisan Polarization of Vaccine Discourse, 2015-2017, " American Journal of…

Credit: Steve Elledge When a virus invades the body, it leaves fingerprints behind. A research tool known as VirScan can detect this evidence - from just a single drop of blood - and identify the viruses that have infected a person in…

Sharing a child's view of immune disordersCredit: Dr Sonia Agüera-Gonzalez (Tenmei) Key points: A new children's book 'Battle Robots of the Blood', authored by Institute researcher Prof. Adrian Liston, launches today on Amazon.…

What we learned from the first known community-acquired coronavirus case in the US (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) - When UC Davis announced the first case of community transmission of COVID-19 in the U.S. on Feb. 26, it solved a medical mystery at…

New 'CALM' model on passenger movement developed using Frontera supercomputerCredit: TACC Fair or not, airplanes have a reputation for germs. However, there are ways to minimize the risks. Historic research based on group…

The testing at UAB will investigate immune responses to the vaccine in mice -- an important step before any Phase 1 human safety trial in patients later this year.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The University of Alabama at…

Apply immune expertise and some genital wart cream!Credit: Babraham Institute Research just published by the Linterman lab shows that the immune system of older mice can be given a helping hand by applying immunology expertise…

COVID-19 can have fatal consequences for people with underlying cardiovascular disease and cause cardiac injury even in patients without underlying heart conditions, according to a review published today in JAMA Cardiology by experts at…

UC Davis Health has two clinical trials underway for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2. The studies are evaluating the safety and effectiveness of two drugs -- the…

Credit: MCRI Professor Kathryn North AC, Director of the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Melbourne, Australia, has announced its infectious disease researchers are preparing to roll-out a multi-center randomised controlled…

University of Alberta cancer researcher John Lewis's health-care biotechnology company is working on a vaccine to be delivered directly into patients' cells, driving a protective immune response.Credit: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry,…

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office In a recently published fundamental review dedicated to the diagnostics of viral infections, a Russian research team featuring MIPT researchers was the first to systematically describe and summarize…

The Center for Research on Coronaviruses and Other Emerging Pathogens aims to advance research efforts and support development of new therapies, vaccines PHILADELPHIA -- The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has…

Credit: David Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to rapidly evolve, the federal government is announcing $23.3 million in total support for the University of Saskatchewan's (USask) Vaccine and…