Seeking to align all major stakeholders and acting as a focal point to ensure the successful
development of vaccines for diseases of poverty for low income populations.
She serves on the boards of AERAS, a non-profit biotech focused
on development of vaccines for tuberculosis, and the Catholic Medical Mission Board.
Research Focus: Since 2008, I have been working as a Scientific Curator for the IEDB project, a globally - utilized bioinformatics research tool to
aid development of vaccines, immunotherapeutics, and diagnostics.
Dr. Paul A. Offit provides detailed history of the discovery, research, and
development of the vaccine while reviewing the life of vaccinologist Maurice Hilleman.
The Obama administration's request for funding, made Monday, would allow for an expansion of mosquito - control programs,
speed development of a vaccine, develop diagnostic tests and improve support for low - income pregnant women.
In 1998 she joined Corixa Corporation as Director of Regulatory Affairs and worked on early stage
clinical development of vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer.
In response to the Chicago CIV H3N2 outbreak, Zoetis researchers immediately
prioritized development of a vaccine and received the first conditional license from the USDA for a CIV H3N2 vaccine in November 2015.
BETHESDA, MARYLAND — It's time for bold steps to
boost development of vaccines for the world's main killers — AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis — according to a range of experts gathered here 22 to 23 May.
The story
of development of vaccines against rubella and other childhood diseases in the 1960s pits a daring young biologist against his world - famous boss, testing that used prisoners, intellectually disabled children, and other disenfranchised subjects, political roadblocks that nearly derailed the research, and other elements of high drama.
To accelerate
early development of vaccines, in vivo rodent models are being evaluated for their ability to predict human protective immune responses.
Take AIDS research, where the Gates Foundation (a noble group) has decided that the best approach to the problem is to fund research
on development of a vaccine.
Today and tomorrow, Ebola scientists and representatives from companies and regulatory bodies are meeting at the World Health Organization's (WHO's) headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss how to speed up
clinical development of vaccines, a process that normally takes years.
The billionaire Microsoft co-founder makes a point of reading nightly, pouring over everything from inspiring biographies (Warren Buffett, Franklin D. Roosevelt) and exhaustive history tomes (about
the development of vaccines and the atomic bomb), to deep philosophical dives and intellectual periodicals (The Economist, Scientific American).
This decrease is due primarily to
the development of vaccines and antibiotics, which help control infectious diseases.
She said it was also aimed at improving vector control, effectively communicate risks, guidance and protection measures, provide medical care to those affected and fast - track research and
development of vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics.
The meeting also gave U.S. participants an opportunity to tap into the significant advances Cuban scientists have made in
the development of vaccines to fight cancer.
«I believe in the 21st century, the classic public health measures that are critical can be complemented by the addition of rapid diagnostics; by
the development of vaccines, assessment of safety and efficacy and then deployment; and by the development of drugs.
Scientists have made a significant contribution towards
the development of a vaccine to prevent malaria.
The current Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, which has claimed more than 2000 lives, has highlighted the need for a deeper understanding of the molecular biology of the virus that could be critical in
the development of vaccines or antiviral drugs to treat or prevent Ebola hemorrhagic fever.
The development of a vaccine remains the best possibility for ending the HIV pandemic.
On the other hand, there was the potential to help inform
the development of vaccines and treatments down the road, because the decoy protein could interfere with treatments targeting the critical protein.
«The two species of mosquito that spread chikungunya virus are found in parts of the continental United States, so it may just be a matter of time before this illness gains a foothold here,» said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. «Therefore, it is prudent to begin addressing this emerging public health threat with
the development of vaccines, such as this one, which was designed and tested by scientists from the NIAID Vaccine Research Center.»
Wherever the answer lies, the insights could help in
the development of vaccines against other diseases that, like HIV, don't easily succumb to immune attack and that kill millions of people.
But there's an international push for a multi-front war on malaria, ranging from cheap and effective bed netting to
the development of a vaccine.
Building a good understanding of the devil's immune system, which goes hand in hand with
the development of a vaccine, involves years of painstaking laboratory work.
For instance it may help in
the development of a vaccine or in modifying crop plants by screening out allergens during plant breeding,» says Professor Zhang.
His discovery led to
the development of a vaccine against cervical cancer.
ADE could also complicate
the development of vaccines for West Nile, dengue, and Zika.
We also need to finish the polio eradication agenda and see that
development of vaccines for the next generation moves on.
Unlike its viral cousins hepatitis A and B, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has eluded
the development of a vaccine and infected more than 170 million people worldwide.
The report also concluded that chimp research «has led to numerous biomedical advances, including
the development of a vaccine for hepatitis B virus.»
The committee was split evenly on whether
the development of a vaccine to prevent hepatitis C would also meet the standard, but agreed that under the criteria neither development of a therapeutic vaccine nor of drugs to treat hepatitis C could justify the use of chimpanzees.
The discovery may advance
the development of vaccines or drugs to combat severe malaria by stopping the parasites attaching to blood vessels.
Reported in the January 16, 2015 issue of the journal Science, the new findings provide a cautionary tale for
the development of vaccines aimed at eliciting robust CD4 T cell immunity against chronic infections, including HIV.
The Pasteur team says the finding could lead to
the development of vaccines based on CD26 inhibitors or an antibody targeting either the V3 loop or CD26.
Becker and others say the company has been dragging its feet the past 2 months because it is worried about losing control over
the development of the vaccine.
This new interest led to a student rotation at the Biomedical Center, which is focused on
the development of a vaccine against HIV.
The I» Cubed also makes these tools available to the global community for
the development of vaccines for tropical and emerging infectious diseases.