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Researchers publish new methods to generate flu vaccines
Tweet A team of researchers including both government agencies and pharmaceutical companies recently published the discovery of new methods for the rapid generation of influenza vaccines through synthetic genomics and technologies. The research team consisted of international researchers from the … Read More »
Global Fund announces new grants in Mali for TB and malaria treatment
TweetThe Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced the finalization on Wednesday of two grant agreements with Mali for TB and malaria treatment. The grant agreements, worth approximately $64.1 million, will make major improvements to health services access … Read More »
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Tagged Malaria, Medical Countermeasures, Tuberculosis
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Polio virus detected in Somalia
Tweet The World Health Organization issued a polio surveillance alert on Tuesday for all of Somalia, eastern Ethiopia and northern Kenya after a 32-month-old girl took ill in southeastern Somalia. The report confirmed that the girl was infected with the … Read More »
Filed in Vaccine Development, World Health Organization
Tagged polio, vaccine development
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Study: Rotavirus causes many diarrhea-related deaths in developing world
TweetRotavirus is the single greatest cause of diarrhea-related death and illness in developing countries, according to a recent comprehensive study published in The Lancet. The findings of the study suggest that a large number of children are dying from vaccine-preventable … Read More »
Cobra Biologics signs DNA vaccine agreement with Vaccibody
TweetCobra Biologics, an international contract manufacturing organization of biologics and pharmaceuticals, announced an agreement on Tuesday with biotech Vaccibody AS to manufacture a DNA vaccine candidate against HPV-induced malignancies. Cobra Biologics will contribute its cost-effective platform process to deliver a … Read More »
TSRI announces appointment of Patapoutian as HHMI investigator
TweetThe Scripps Research Institute, a La Jolla, California-based biomedical science research organization, recently announced that a professor in the organization’s Dorris Neuroscience Center has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Ardem Patapoutian was one of 26 biomedical researchers … Read More »
WHO issues statement on novel coronavirus
TweetThe novel coronavirus that infected multiple people in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia comes with many question marks, according to a statement issued on Sunday by the World Health Organization. The WHO said it knows that the coronavirus, which is … Read More »
CDC collaborates with NanoPass Technologies on Phase III polio vaccine study
Tweet NanoPass Technologies, Ltd., an Israeli vaccine delivery solutions developer, announced a collaboration on Monday with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on a Phase III polio vaccine trial in infants. The Phase III, open-label, randomized clinical trial … Read More »