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Britain's first swine-flu trials under way

Aug 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Britain's first swine flu vaccine trials, led by the University of Leicester and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, are taking place at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

Vaccine against CMV shows promise in clinical trial

Medicine & Health / Medications

Mar 18, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

A new vaccine has the potential to be the first to prevent maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) study published in the March 19 edition of the New En ...

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Sanofi Pasteur starts testing swine flu vaccine

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Aug 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(AP) -- French drugmaker Sanofi Pasteur says it has started human trials of its swine flu vaccine in about 2,000 people in the United States.

AIDS vaccine trials may have added risk

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Mar 21, 2008 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 1

Two field tests of an AIDS vaccine not only failed to protect people from the virus but may have put them at greater risk, U.S. researchers said.

Glaxo starts testing its swine flu vaccine

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Aug 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(AP) -- Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline says it has started testing its swine flu vaccine in humans.

Experimental aids vaccine now in production

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Nov 12, 2008 | 5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The advance towards a vaccine for HIV/AIDS has taken another step closer to realization. A vaccine, developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University ...

Novartis produces first batch of swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Diseases

Jun 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Swiss drugs giant Novartis has completed a first batch of swine flu vaccine for pre-clinical trials and aims to make a version available in the fall, the company said Friday.

How HIV vaccine might have increased odds of infection

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

Nov 03, 2008 | not rated yet | 0

In September 2007, a phase II HIV-1 vaccine trial was abruptly halted when researchers found that the vaccine may have promoted, rather than prevented, HIV infection. A new study by a team of researchers at the Montpellier ...

New tuberculosis vaccine is developed

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Jun 06, 2007 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 0

U.S. scientists have announced development of a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis, one of the world's most deadly diseases.

Human trials of swine flu drug start in Australia (AP)

Australia starts 1st swine flu vaccine trials

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Jul 22, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(AP) -- The world's first human trials of a swine flu vaccine have begun in Australia, drug company officials said Wednesday, with the aim of controlling the virus that has so far killed more than 700 worldwide.