by The Scripps Research Institute Scripps Research and collaborators discovered a new set of antibodies (blue and gray) that can neutralize influenza by binding to the anchor region of influenza HA (pink and purple). Credit: Julianna Han, Ward Lab at Scripps Research Scientists at Scripps Research, University of Chicago, and Icahn School of Medicine at...
SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE IMAGE: SCRIPPS RESEARCH AND COLLABORATORS DISCOVERED A NEW SET OF ANTIBODIES (BLUE AND GRAY) THAT CAN NEUTRALIZE INFLUENZA BY BINDING TO THE ANCHOR REGION OF INFLUENZA HA (PINK AND PURPLE). CREDIT: JULIANNA HAN, WARD LAB AT SCRIPPS RESEARCH LA JOLLA, CA—Scientists at Scripps Research, University of Chicago, and Icahn School of Medicine...
A first-in-human, Phase 1 trial assessing the safety and immunogenicity of an investigational nanoparticle influenza vaccine designed to provide long-lasting protection against multiple flu virus strains has begun at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Healthy participants 18 to 50 years old will receive either a licensed seasonal influenza vaccine or...
by University of Konstanz Biodegradable microspheres that are produced via spray drying. They contain an influenza virus antigen and an immunostimulating substance. The image was obtained by electron microscopy, enlarged 3,000 times. Credit: Dennis Horvath, University of Konstanz New vaccination method for lasting protection against all known influenza mutations in preclinical testing phase—potentially effective also against...
An experimental single-dose, intranasal influenza vaccine was safe and produced a durable immune response when tested in a Phase 1 study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. The investigational vaccine, called Ad4-H5-VTN, is a recombinant, replicating adenovirus vaccine designed to spur antibodies to hemagglutinin, a protein found on the surface of influenza viruses that attaches...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said last fortnight that India and the US were working together to develop vaccines against the coronavirus. Mr Pompeo’s remark didn’t entirely come as a surprise. The two countries have run an internationally recognised joint vaccine development programme for more than three decades. They have worked on stopping dengue,...
YALE UNIVERSITY A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet like the Keto regimen has its fans, but influenza apparently isn’t one of them. Mice fed a ketogenic diet were better able to combat the flu virus than mice fed food high in carbohydrates, according to a new Yale University study published Nov. 15 in the journal Science Immunology....
In 2017, a terrible flu season in Australia presaged an American outbreak in which 79,000 died. Experts advise getting the shot soon. Australia had an unusually early and fairly severe flu season this year. Since that may foretell a serious outbreak on its way in the United States, public health experts now are urging Americans...
The Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention has finally added the nasal version of the influenza vaccine in time for flu season. The updated 2018-2019 advisory published by the public health agency give recommendations on which flu shots should be administered to patients. This year, the nasal spray influenza vaccine has been added, giving doctors the freedom...
Your first bout of flu may determine how you fare during the next pandemic. That’s why scientists are trying to understand immunologic imprinting. Police in Seattle, Washington, wear masks to protect themselves during the 1918 flu pandemic that killed nearly 50 million people. Credit: National Archives/Time Life/Getty By the time she is about three years...
