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Scientific American April 10, 2006 Christine Soares |
Turning Yellow Yellow fever shot confers long-lasting immunity, a trait that medical researchers hope to transfer to other kinds of vaccines. |
Chemistry World March 25, 2009 Hayley Birch |
TB's defence mechanism revealed The research could eventually lead to new drugs for TB, which remains one of the biggest killers among infectious diseases worldwide. |
AboutSafety September 11, 2001 |
Tuberculosis (TB) TB is a potentially severe contagious disease that is spread from person to person via the air. The TB germs may spray into the air if a person with TB disease of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks or sneezes... |
Bio-IT World June 15, 2003 Malorye Branca |
A View to a Kill Genomics, bioinformatics, and novel laboratory techniques are converging to boost vaccine research against a new wave of emerging diseases, natural and man-made. Now, will in silico modeling ramp up sufficiently to further speed vaccine discovery? |
Chemistry World August 15, 2012 |
The latent threat of tuberculosis Although TB was close to being eradicated in the developed world, it is a major problem in developing countries. With drug-resistant strains on the increase, Clare Sansom outlines the latest in the fight against this killer disease |
AskMen.com |
Vaccine Helps Prevent HIV For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. |
Wired September 2002 Amanda Griscom |
Take These Genes and Call Me in the Morning Gene vaccines may be relatively new, but they're the logical outgrowth of two familiar strands of medical science. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 |
Bishai Named Director of K-RITH A prominent tuberculosis researcher and doctor will become the first permanent director of the KwaZulu-Natal Research Institute for Tuberculosis and HIV. |
AskMen.com Dustin Driver |
Most Contagious Diseases Super-contagious diseases spread like wildfire. The best way to battle any of these nasty bugs is to avoid them altogether. Keep your eyes open for these most-unwanted diseases, and stay healthy. |
Chemistry World February 5, 2014 Jenifer Mizen |
Protein-free and low sugar -- not a new diet, a new vaccine A Streptococcus pneumonia vaccine with fewer sugar units and no antigenic protein is not only easier to produce but could also induce a superior immune response to the vaccine currently in clinical use. |
HHMI Bulletin Aug 2010 Sarah C.P. Williams |
Gut Bacteria Do More Than Digest Food Someone can blame their diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease on the churning mass of bacteria that lives inside their intestines, but there's no magic pill to change the dynamics of that complicated world of the human microbiome. |
Wired July 24, 2007 Thomas Goetz |
The Ultimate Diagnostic Device (By the Way, You've Got Drug-Resistant TB!) The CDC's goal of a tuberculosis-free society grew short due to the development of drug-resistant strains. But new standards for detection are in the works. |
Chemistry World March 6, 2011 Laura Howes |
Sensitive TB diagnosis using sugar For the first time, tuberculosis can be detected and tracked through the body, using a simple sugar based molecule. |
Chemistry World January 3, 2013 Andrew Turley |
TB drug milestone for bedaquiline Bedaquiline (sirturo) has become the first drug to be approved in the US for the treatment of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis |
Chemistry World September 26, 2007 Victoria Gill |
HIV Vaccines 'Will Not Work' Just days after US drug firm Merck revealed its leading HIV vaccine candidate had flopped in clinical trials, a leading immunologist has predicted that many other vaccines in the pipeline will also fail because their design is similarly flawed. |
Chemistry World January 29, 2015 Matthew Gunther |
Ebola vaccine shown to be safe in humans GlaxoSmithKline's experimental Ebola vaccine is capable of triggering an immune response in humans, according to a new study. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
4 Future Plagues What future plagues await us? Let's have a look. |
Chemistry World May 12, 2011 Mike Brown |
Sugars recruited in fight against persistent infections Adding sugar to antibiotics can boost their effectiveness and prevent recurrent and chronic infections, according to researchers in the US. |
American Family Physician November 15, 2000 |
Clinical Briefs Reducing Falls Among Older Women... Physical Activity and Fitness in Schools... Exercise in the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus... Blueprint for Development of Tuberculosis Vaccine... Answers to This Issues' Clinical Quiz... |
Scientific American February 2009 John Rennie |
Tuberculosis, The Unromantic Killer Tuberculosis has never stopped being one of the world's most lethal infections |
Chemistry World January 16, 2011 Hayley Birch |
Antibodies could lead to MRSA vaccine US scientists have developed antibodies against a protein belonging to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. |
Chemistry World September 17, 2009 Simon Hadlington |
Targeted TB treatment Researchers in the US have discovered that a class of small molecules can selectively disable a key protein complex in the tuberculosis bacterium and kill the organism |
BusinessWeek April 26, 2004 Kerry Capell |
Vaccinating The World's Poor GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals is betting it can combat Third World scourges -- and still make money. |
Chemistry World December 3, 2013 Simon Hadlington |
Caged toxin for safer, better bacterial vaccines Researchers in the US have developed a new way of vaccinating against bacterial toxins by caging them in hybrid nanoparticles. |
Chemistry World November 28, 2008 Hayley Birch |
Drug detonates nitric oxide inside tuberculosis bacteria US and Singaporean scientists have discovered how a promising anti-tuberculosis drug, PA-824, triggers an explosive chain of events inside its target bacterial cells. |
Chemistry World February 9, 2007 Victoria Gill |
Africa's First Large-Scale HIV Vaccine Trial The first large-scale clinical trial of an HIV vaccine will involve around 3000 participants in five selected sites in South Africa. It will compare the effectiveness of the vaccine at reducing HIV infection compared to a placebo. |
Chemistry World March 3, 2009 Lewis Brindley |
Sweet-toothed bacteria make their own vaccine With careful feeding, bacteria can produce vaccines against themselves, scientists in the US and China have found. |
Wired January 2003 Richard Martin |
Testing the First AIDS Vaccine Medical establishment, government, and Genentech be damned -- Don Francis has never stopped believing. Now he's about to finish testing the first human AIDS vaccine. |
American Family Physician July 15, 2003 Sur et al. |
Vaccinations in Pregnancy Routine vaccines that generally are safe to administer during pregnancy include diphtheria, tetanus, influenza, and hepatitis B. Other vaccines, such as meningococcal and rabies, may be considered. |
National Defense July 2009 |
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories 7 Deadly Myth article draws comment. |
HHMI Bulletin Fall 2012 |
Medical Fellows Get a Chance to Try Research This past summer, 70 medical, dental, and veterinary students put their courses and rotations on hold to focus on laboratory research. |
Pharmaceutical Executive February 1, 2006 Joanna Breitstein |
Breath of Hope: TB in Africa For the first time in decades, the pharmaceutical industry has tuberculosis drugs in the pipeline. But it will take more than new pills to solve the problem. |
Chemistry World September 3, 2009 Sarah Houlton |
New HIV vaccine hope A team of scientists in the US has discovered two new antibodies that could lead to an HIV vaccine. |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 John Carey |
A Booster Shot For Vaccines New technology could speed the development of vaccines and keep the medicine chest stocked. |
Chemistry World January 19, 2015 Maria Burke |
Roadmap to fast track Ebola vaccine development A global group of experts has developed a 'roadmap' to help the health community fast track an Ebola vaccine. |
AskMen.com Jacob Franek |
Superbugs So long as antibiotic use remains widespread and excessive, superbug bacteria will be here with us. Read on about some of the most common North American superbugs. |
HBS Working Knowledge March 1, 2004 Martha Lagace |
Injecting New Life into the Vaccine Industry Vaccines for preventable diseases save millions of lives every year, yet as an industry, the vaccine business suffers a host of ailments, the CEO of Merck & Co. contends. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter May 2000 |
Magic Bullets Under Siege ...Antibiotics---drugs that kill bacteria---account for much of our success in the war against infectious illness. But the miracle drugs of medicine are in danger... |
Scientific American May 2009 Melinda Wenner |
Quiet Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Bacteria devoted to growth instead of "quorum sensing" communication could beat antibiotic resistance. |
BusinessWeek October 24, 2005 John Carey |
New Vaccines For A Pandemic Using DNA, vast amounts of flu vaccine could be made quickly. But will the drugs work? |
National Defense June 2011 Eric Beidel |
Industry, Academia Race to Create Drugs Against Biological Warfare On the heels of anthrax comes a string of deadly agents that scientists also fear can be used as weapons and spread with ease. |
Health October 2007 Sarah Clachar |
Read this BEFORE you get a flu shot The flu vaccine may not be as good -- or as safe -- as you think. |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2005 Anthony Tao |
The Avian Few: Is it Too Late for Pharma to Re-enter the Vaccine Fray? Small profit margins and high litigation risks drove most companies out of the vaccine business decades ago. As a possible pandemic looms, pharma re-enters the fray. Is it too late? |
National Defense November 2010 Eric Beidel |
To Counter Bioterrorism, The Key is Boosting Immunity That's why Texas A&M University researchers are investigating ways to arm Americans against attacks involving toxins, viruses and bacteria. |
Chemistry World September 2, 2007 Simon Hadlington |
Sweet Approach to Tackling Cancer A promising new 'slimline' cancer vaccine that triggers a powerful immune response against excessive sugar molecules has been unveiled by researchers. |
Popular Mechanics September 2006 Ben Harder |
Seeking Immunity Pathogens like West Nile virus show no respect for borders. But a new class of vaccines may soon keep them in check. |
Fast Company August 8, 2011 Kate Rockwood |
AIDS Vaccine Conference Despite billions in annual research dollars, the quest for an AIDS vaccine remains elusive. |
Salon.com December 15, 2000 Arthur Allen |
Warming to malaria With fears mounting that global climate change may cause the dreaded disease to spread, scientists turn their attention to vaccine research... |
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2010 Walter Armstrong |
Vaccines: Progress in Preventing Bad Bugs Long on the sidelines of pharma R&D, vaccine development is moving to center stage as most of the big pharmas diversify, spreading their risk among the full gamut of revenue sources. |
Chemistry World July 29, 2015 Maria Burke |
Malaria vaccine approval first marred by efficacy question mark After decades of research, a malaria vaccine has finally been given the green light by a regulatory agency. But with limited efficacy and questions over the vaccine's cost, its future remains unclear. |