News articles tagged with 'vaccine'
Effects of pneumococcal vaccination program on pneumococcal carriage and invasive disease
— 6 Apr 2011 15:31 | HealthUsing a cross-sectional study, Stefan Flasche and colleagues investigated the effects of the UK pneumococcal vaccination program on serotype-specific carriage and invasive pneumococcal…
Parents trust doctors most when it comes to information about vaccine safety
— 2 Apr 2011 11:10 | HealthMost parents get their information about vaccines from their children's doctors, but some also consider public health officials, other parents, friends and family members and even celebrities…
Study identifies promising target for AIDS vaccine
— 1 Apr 2011 15:39 | HealthA section of the AIDS virus's protein envelope once considered an improbable target for a vaccine now appears to be one of the most promising, new research by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute…
HIV protein unveils vaccine target
— 31 Mar 2011 14:51 | HealthAn international study headed by a UC Davis scientist describes how a component of a potential HIV vaccine opens like a flower, undergoing one of the most dramatic protein rearrangements…
Allergy vaccine is nothing to sneeze at
— 28 Mar 2011 16:27 | HealthMonash University researchers are working on a vaccine that could completely cure asthma brought on by house dust mite allergies…
Scientists find candidate for new TB vaccine
— 19 Mar 2011 15:04 | HealthScientists have discovered a protein secreted by tuberculosis (TB) bacteria that could be a promising new vaccine candidate, they report today in Proceedings of the National Academy…
Transmissible treatment proposed for HIV could target superspreaders to curb epidemic
— 18 Mar 2011 14:34 | HealthBiochemist Leor Weinberger and colleagues at the University of California, San Diego and UCLA have proposed a fundamentally new intervention for the HIV/AIDS epidemic based on engineered,…
Personalised dendritic cell vaccine increases survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
— 17 Mar 2011 18:44 | HealthA dendritic cell vaccine personalised for each individual based on the patient's own tumour may increase median survival time in those with a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma,…
Why are the elderly so vulnerable to pneumonia?
— 14 Mar 2011 20:42 | HealthA study featured on the cover of the March 15 Journal of Immunology is providing insight into why the elderly are so vulnerable to pneumonia and other bacterial infections…
Research may lead to new and improved vaccines
— 14 Mar 2011 20:12 | HealthAlum is an adjuvant (immune booster) used in many common vaccines, and Canadian researchers have now discovered how it works. The research by scientists from the University of Calgary's…