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Tag Archives: vaccine development
Research shows boosting natural flu resistance may counter flu mutations
Tweet Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced on Thursday that handling virus mutations by improving drugs that boost the body’s natural flu resistance may be more effective than creating unique vaccines for each mutation. Recent scares with mutated influenza … Read More »
Study shows new pneumococcal vaccine as safe as previous vaccine
TweetThe new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine appears to be as safe as the vaccine that was used before 2010, the seven-valent PCV, according to a study recently conducted by Kaiser Permanente. The study, which was published on Wednesday in Vaccine … Read More »
Tests of oral vaccine for diarrhea show promise
Tweet The University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute announced on Wednesday that it has seen successful results in a placebo controlled phase 1 study of an oral vaccine used to treat diarrhea. Diarrhea is a serious medical issues for children … Read More »
NIAID scientists develop novel approach for flu vaccination
Tweet A new approach to immunize against influenza could offer a more potent immune response and broader protection than currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines, according to a recent study published in Nature. Scientists with the U.S. National Institute of Allergy … Read More »
iBio develops vaccine candidate for H7N9 influenza virus
TweetiBio, Inc., a Newark, Delaware-based biotechnology company, announced on Wednesday the production of a vaccine candidate for the newly emerged H7N9 influenza virus by an independent third-party laboratory using iBio’s iBioLaunch platform. The laboratory achieved the validation milestone for the … Read More »
Agenus initiates enrollment in brain tumor vaccine trial
TweetAgenus, a Lexington, Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, announced the start of enrollment on Wednesday for a Phase II study of a Prophage G-200 vaccine in combination with bevacizumab for one type of brain tumor. The large, randomized trial to test Heat … Read More »
U.S. patent issued for Soligenix vaccine stabilization technology
TweetSoligenix, a Princeton, New Jersey-based clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for the company’s ThermoVax vaccine thermostabilization technology. ThermoVax is a novel method to stabilize vaccines adjuvanted with aluminum … Read More »
Study demonstrates vaccine confers long-lived protection against pertussis
Tweet While many speculations have been made about the recent resurgence of pertussis in the U.S., a recent study in Thailand found that pertussis vaccines may offer lifelong protection against the disease. A team of University of Michigan-led researchers reviewed … Read More »