Sentences with phrase «because human vaccines»

The imperfect - vaccine hypothesis attracted controversy [11 — 14], not least because human vaccines have apparently not caused an increase in the virulence of their target pathogens.

Not exact matches

Another factor is use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, because HPV is a root cause of most cervical cancers.

Because there is no vaccine for humans, efforts to curb the disease's spread focus on controlling mosquitoes and their infection rates.

The multi-author study, by the Global Alliance for Rabies Control's Partners for Rabies Prevention Group, also shows that annual economic losses because of the disease are around 8.6 billion US dollars, mostly due to premature deaths, but also because of spending on human vaccines, lost income for victims of animal bites and other costs.

For example, although early clinical trials of Listeria - based vaccines have shown that the neutralized bacterium produces only mild flulike symptoms in human patients with cervical cancer, the various methods of genetically disarming the bacteria should be explored to find the safest approach for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune systems.

«The quality of these naturally occurring human antibodies as biological drugs to treat the virus infection is remarkable, and we are doubly encouraged because they recognize multiple species of Ebola,» said immunologist James Crowe, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center.

Human safety tests of two vaccines began in the summer of 2014, after the prototypes languished in labs for nearly a decade because Ebola wasn't enough of a threat to attract Big Pharma.

A clinical trial in humans of a vaccine based on Ab antibodies was halted in 2002 because 5 percent of the patients developed encephalitis.

Human challenge trials like this one are an extremely efficient way for scientists to tell whether a particular vaccine is effective, but they are rarely conducted because of the ethical dilemma of the risk it places on volunteers who are purposely exposed to a virus.

But because these human strains frequently mutate to adapt to their new environment in eggs, the resulting vaccine is often an imperfect match to the actual virus that it is supposed to protect against.

The trials would be for proof of concept, to show whether researchers can, for the first time in humans, stimulate the right B cells to start the process of making broadly neutralizing antibodies, long considered the «holy grail» of HIV vaccine research because they defend against infection by a broad spectrum of HIV strains.

It's lucky that humans, and some other primates, have this particular immune reaction, because other mammals don't, so this vaccine wouldn't work on them.

Because of the potential risk to people, an unvaccinated exposed cat that has bitten or scratched a human should not normally be given either antiserum or vaccine, because it may mask signs of infBecause of the potential risk to people, an unvaccinated exposed cat that has bitten or scratched a human should not normally be given either antiserum or vaccine, because it may mask signs of infbecause it may mask signs of infection.

In the early days, it was the imported Siberian sled - dogs, sometimes referred to as Siberian rats because of their lighter body structure and smaller size than the Malamutes and mixed breeds traditionally used in Alaska, that soon won fame and success - not only as very fast competitors in the grand sled - dog races of the gold - rush era, but also as couriers of mail, and even of vaccines which saved human lives (one very famous instance of which, is remembered through the classic Iditarod race).

This vaccine is required by law because rabies is 100 percent fatal and is a risk to pets and humans.

Because of the effectiveness of some of these vaccines, we have seen many formerly deadly diseases and viruses all but eliminated from our memories, both human and canine.

We do however recommend the Leptospirosis vaccine every year because it can be contagious to humans causing kidney failure.

Because of the serious health risks to both pets and humans, the rabies vaccine is required by law in most areas of the country, including Virginia.

If you've ever wondered why there's no Lyme vaccine for humans... that's because it proved so dangerous in testing that it was withdrawn.

According to the Merck Veterinary Manual, because the canine distemper virus resembles the virus responsible for human measles, the vaccine for the measles virus provides immunity to the canine distemper virus when there's a high level of distemper antibodies in the mother.

The rabies vaccine is important because this increasing threat can lead to human exposure if not controlled.

Because there has been next to nothing published on the relationship of veterinary vaccines to autoimmune / autoinflammatory disease, I rely on the experiences of laboratory animals like mice (ref) and the experiences of humans.