August 20, 2024 by Stony Brook University The lethality of POWV LI9 is age-dependent in C57BL/6 mice. Credit: Journal of Virology (2024). DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00560-24While Lyme disease is the most recognized and prevalent tick-borne disease in the United States, other infections transmitted through tick bites can be equally or even more dangerous. One of these is...
The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill by Gene Baur, opinion contributor – 08/05/24 4:30 PM ET Cambridge, MA – May 14: From left, Jon Arizti Sanz, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow with Liam Alec Stenson Ortiz, research associate working in the lab. The Broad institute, Sabeti Lab is...
By Alexander Tin Edited By Paula Cohen August 14, 2024 / 3:16 PM EDT / CBS News A wave of whooping cough infections is continuing to worsen nationwide, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests, with weekly reported cases now accelerating to the highest levels seen in the U.S. for years. At...
July 31, 2024 by Serina DeSalvio, St. Louis Post-Dispatch Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainLong COVID is on par with heart disease in terms of its severity, but vaccination reduces risks of long COVID by nearly 70%, say researchers at Washington University. In a recent study, researchers found that the risk of contracting long COVID has decreased...
Using a DNA-based scaffold carrying viral proteins, researchers created a vaccine that provokes a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2Peer-Reviewed Publication MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response...
by Tanner Stening, Northeastern University Mansoor Amiji, University Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Chemical Engineering at Northeastern. Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern UniversityOne of the great promises in the field of cancer immunotherapy is the emergence of cancer vaccines. Unlike traditional vaccines that are tailored to infectious diseases, cancer vaccines work by teaching the...
By Michael IrvingScientists have shown that it might be possible to fight cancer by reactivating vaccines you’ve already had DepositphotosVaccines against cancer are somewhat of a holy grail for medicine – but what if you could repurpose a vaccine you’ve already had? Scientists have demonstrated in mice a way to trick the immune system into...
By Denise Dador Wednesday, August 16, 2023 10:05P M LOS ANGELES (KABC) — RSV kills thousands of people every winter. Now, three long-awaited immunizations are about to make their debut. This fall, you will need your yearly flu shot, the new COVID vaccine and for many Americans – one more shot. “The RSV vaccine has been...
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT HOUSTON PAUL E. SCHULZ, MD, THE RICK MCCORD PROFESSOR IN NEUROLOGY WITH MCGOVERN MEDICAL SCHOOL AT UTHEALTH HOUSTON, WAS SENIOR AUTHOR OF A STUDY THAT FOUND SEVERAL VACCINATIONS WERE LINKED TO A REDUCED RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. CREDIT: UTHEALTH HOUSTON Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or...
by University of Cambridge Vaccination. Credit: Ed Us Cambridge scientists have identified a signature in the blood that could help predict how well an individual will respond to vaccines. The discovery, published today in Nature Communications, may explain why, even among vulnerable patient groups, some individuals have better responses to vaccines than others. During the COVID-19 pandemic,...
