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New vaccine strategy might offer protection against pandemic influenza strains

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A novel vaccine strategy using virus-like particles (VLPs) could provide stronger and longer-lasting influenza vaccines with a significantly shorter development and production time than current ones, allowing public health ...





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Researchers make West Nile vaccine breakthrough

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 19, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 0

University of Queensland researchers have made a giant leap forward in the race to develop a vaccine for the potentially debilitating West Nile virus.


Study: Flu shot better than nasal spray in adults

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A flu shot is 50 percent more effective than nasal spray vaccine in preventing seasonal influenza in healthy adults, a new University of Michigan study shows.


Bird flu vaccine protects people and pets

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created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A single vaccine could be used to protect chickens, cats and humans against deadly flu pandemics, according to an article published in the November issue of the Journal of General Virology. The vaccine protects birds and ma ...


New West Nile and Japanese encephalitis vaccines produced

Medicine & Health / Research

created May 30, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have developed new vaccines to protect against West Nile and Japanese encephalitis viruses. The investigators created the vaccines using an innovative technique ...


Analysis of flu virus could lead to better vaccines

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created May 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of Princeton University scientists may have found a better way to make a vaccine against the flu virus.


Researchers work to boost effectiveness of the flu vaccine

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created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccines intended to help the body to fight off the flu bug may actually give the bug an edge, researchers say.


Study: Live H5N1 virus vaccines effective

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created Sep 12, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. scientists say live, weakened versions of differing strains of avian flu viruses have offered protection when tested in mice and ferrets.


Lawsuit seeks to halt US swine flu vaccination campaign

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created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New York medical workers took legal action Thursday to halt a massive swine flu inoculation program being rolled out across the United States, claiming the vaccines have not been properly tested.


Discovery may help defang viruses

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created Aug 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Researchers may be able to tinker with a single amino acid of an enzyme that helps viruses multiply to render them harmless, according to molecular biologists who say the discovery could pave the way for a fast and cheap ...


Officials: Swine flu confirmed in Iowa cat

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- The swine flu virus has been confirmed in a cat treated at the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine.



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