Sentences with phrase «create effective vaccines»

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The FDA is studying this year's flu so it can create a more effective vaccine to fight next year's flu virus.

Professor Ajit Lalvani from the National Heart and Lung Institute at Imperial College London, who led the study, said: «New strains of flu are continuously emerging, some of which are deadly, and so the Holy Grail is to create a universal vaccine that would be effective against all strains of flu.»

Since then, scientists have been racing to create a safe and effective vaccine.

With this method, scientists can rapidly create a «fingerprint» of the glycans on the glycoprotein to tell if they are on the right track in developing an effective vaccine.

Its weapon is a moderately effective vaccine created in the early 1990s and then shelved when drug treatment proved successful.

«The option of rapidly creating a completely synthetic formulation that can be effective as a vaccine is an important addition to currently available vaccine strategies,» says Hidde Ploegh, an MIT professor of biology, a member of the Whitehead Institute, and an author of the paper, who added that it will be important to assess safety and cost.

To develop an effective vaccine, it is imperative to identify a suitable antigen structure of the virus which will create an effective immune response in humans.

«We have achieved something truly historic with MenAfriVac ® — creating an affordable, effective, tailor - made vaccine for Africa,» said Steve Davis, president and CEO of PATH.

«An obstacle to creating an effective HIV vaccine is the difficulty of getting the immune system to generate antibodies against the sugar shield of multiple HIV strains,» said Lai - Xi Wang, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UMD.

The DNA vaccine for Zika virus is more immunogenic and effective than other vaccines because it can create memory responses, which inactivated vaccines with killed viruses fail to produce, Higgs said.

When chemically attached to antigens from pathogens, nanoparticles can create simple, potent and cost - effective vaccines.

But if we're ever going to rid ourselves of the disease, we need to create smarter and more cost - effective vaccines,» says Blaine Pfeifer, PhD, associate professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the study's co-lead author.

April 13, 2018 - Since 2003, the biotech company Sanaria Inc. has been working to creating an effective malaria vaccine.

Prof Ajit Lalvani from the National Heart and Lung Institute, who led the study, said: «New strains of flu are continuously emerging, some of which are deadly, and so the Holy Grail is to create a universal vaccine that would be effective against all strains of flu.»

While scientists continue to work on creating a safe, effective vaccine for FIV, current recommendations are to limit your cat's exposure to other cats that may be infected.

• Performing patient scheduling duties, focusing especially on prioritizing emergent cases • Creating and maintaining effective liaison with insurance companies to verify patients» insurance coverages • Taking and recording patients» vitals such as height, weight and temperature in an accurate and orderly manner • Handling vaccinations by administering vaccines and ensuring that corresponding information is properly logged