Sentences with phrase «develops vaccine research»

As VRC Director, Dr. Mascola provides scientific leadership to the basic, clinical, and translational research activities of the VRC; develops vaccine research programs to meet public health needs; allocates VRC resources; and develops policies for the execution of multi-disciplinary research.

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The call to execute certain drug traffickers is drawing the most attention, but another part of the plan could make a big difference: The White House will support research into developing a vaccine for opioid addiction.

«If they could figure out a way to streamline, it would be a lot better,» said Kim Janda, a professor of chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, who leads a team of researchers developing a vaccine that would prevent fentanyl overdoses by keeping the drug from reaching the brain.

National and local health care officials said cuts in federal spending to combat the Zika virus means fewer pregnant women will be tested and there will be less money available to develop a vaccine and research how the disease affects fetal brains.

Today, we have developed some kits and vaccines for the disease through our research unit.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse is pursuing a mix of approaches that include developing non-opioid pain medicines, conducting research on vaccines that may blunt the impact of fentanyl and its related offshoots, getting public health organizations to increase the availability and use of medications already available to treat opioid addiction and getting medications such as buprenorphine and naloxone, which suppress withdrawal symptoms and ease cravings, into the hands emergency room doctors dealing with patients with opioid addictions.

The research in the treatment of the disease has gone very well, but what the less - developed world needs, and what we need, too, is a vaccine.

Developing a vaccine against HIV is still our best hope for containing the AIDS pandemic, says Danilo Casimiro, Merck's director of basic vaccine research.

The guideline recommendations were developed by a multinational and multidisciplinary panel of oncology, obstetrics / gynecology, public health, cancer control, epidemiology / biostatistics, health economics, behavioral / implementation science, and patient advocacy experts, including some of the world's foremost research leaders on HPV and HPV vaccines.

The agency has ongoing research examining the effectiveness of drugs such as methadone, buprenorphine, and naltrexone that are used to wean people off of stronger opioids, as well as research developing alternatives such as vaccines and transcranial magnetic stimulation to treat opioid addictions.

Koff says the next milestone will be later stage clinical testing of a vaccine developed by the federally funded National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center, which should begin nexvaccine developed by the federally funded National Institutes of Health Vaccine Research Center, which should begin nexVaccine Research Center, which should begin next year.

Advances in biotechnology are giving vaccine research a shot in the arm, increasing the opportunities to develop new vaccines — and careers.

Now a research team, led by investigators at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has tracked rare potent antibodies in an HIV - infected individual and determined sequential structures that point to how they deresearch team, led by investigators at the Duke Human Vaccine Institute and the Vaccine Research Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has tracked rare potent antibodies in an HIV - infected individual and determined sequential structures that point to how they deResearch Center of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has tracked rare potent antibodies in an HIV - infected individual and determined sequential structures that point to how they developed.

Scientists contacted by Nature say that basic research on such mutated strains may eventually yield insight relevant to developing pandemic countermeasures such as drugs and vaccines.

New research, led by University of Southampton biological scientist Dr Hannah Siddle, is aiming to develop an effective vaccine against an infectious cancer that is eradicating the Tasmanian devil, the world's largest remaining marsupial carnivore.

His laboratory research has focused on developing a vaccine that targets the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus and the fungus Candida; the vaccine is undergoing clinical development.

We are hopeful that this research takes us one step closer to developing an AIDS vaccine.»

A research team at the Montreal Children's Hospital from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing alresearch team at the Montreal Children's Hospital from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing alResearch Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI - MUHC) is bringing them hope with a potential vaccine that nudges the immune response away from developing allergies.

A research team at The University of Texas at El Paso is one step closer to developing an effective human vaccine for cutaneous leishmaniasis, a tropical disease found in Texas and Oklahoma, and affecting some U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed a method to analyze the glycan shield on HIV's protective outer glycoprotein, developed as a potential HIV vaccine candidate.

Meanwhile, research continues at St. Jude and elsewhere to develop more effective flu vaccines, particularly for high - risk groups, including the elderly, pregnant women and obese individuals.

«This research team's dedication and previous research on dengue and other arboviruses enabled them to quickly develop this model for Zika virus, an important first step to enable testing of candidate vaccine and therapeutics,» said Stephen Higgs, PhD, the president of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Because this research does not require replicating «live» viruses, it does not need to be done in high - level containment facilities when developing vaccines for highly pathogenic viruses.

Kang's primary research focuses on designing and developing effective vaccines against viral diseases such as influenza virus and RSV, but he partnered with a university and research institutes in South Korea that wanted international collaborative projects to study if ginseng can be used to improve health and protect against disease because of the potential benefit in fighting these viruses.

Recent research has yielded new information about immune responses associated with — and potentially responsible for — protection from HIV infection, providing leads for new strategies to develop an HIV vaccine.

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have made a discovery that could speed efforts to develop a successful HIV vaccine.

In response to the threat, scientists at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases have developed a new recombinant protein vaccine.

«Our lab has been developing a vaccine for years now based on our research of this disease,» said Bicalho.

In an effort to provide broad protection against meningitis, the researchers are now developing a vaccine that would prevent the bacteria from recognizing the laminin receptor, according to Elaine Tuomanen, a leader of the study and a physician at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.

Despite the accelerated pace of research, much remains unknown about the virus, raising unique challenges in developing a vaccine.

The research and public - health networks established during the SARS epidemic — and the body of coronavirus research that followed — puts scientists today in a much stronger position to understand the latest virus and to develop countermeasures such as drugs and vaccines, should they be required.

HeLa cell - based research has been instrumental in developing vaccines and fighting AIDS and cancer, but it has not been without controversy.

At a 10 June press conference, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI), which was developing an anthrax vaccine for children, announced that six people involved with the research are now taking ciprofloxacin, an antResearch Institute (CHORI), which was developing an anthrax vaccine for children, announced that six people involved with the research are now taking ciprofloxacin, an antresearch are now taking ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic.

Developing - country research is producing world - class results: a meningitis vaccine in Cuba, malaria treatment in Thailand, a $ 300 basic computer in Brazil.

The researchers theorize that vaccinating camels could reduce the risk of MERS - CoV transmission to people and other camels; NIAID and others are supporting research to develop candidate vaccines for potential use in people and camels.

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The work and other similar, recent studies could also help «redefine» how vaccines are developed to make them more effective and less likely to have side effects, says Wayne Koff, the chief scientific officer at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative in New York City, who was not involved with the research.

It is critical to continue and accelerate a robust research effort to develop an HIV vaccine that is at least moderately effective, while also aggressively scaling up the implementation of current treatment and prevention tools, Dr. Fauci concludes.

Public health policy and research must overcome several barriers to developing vaccines for pregnant women, say authors Saad B. Omer, MBBS, PhD, professor of global health, epidemiology and pediatrics at Emory University and Richard H. Beigi, MD, MSc, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and chief medical officer at Magee - Womens Hospital of UPMC.

Loans will also be used to help countries stockpile antiviral drugs, enhance animal and human health surveillance systems, develop preparedness plans, and support vaccine research.

A novel vaccine developed by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, protected cattle from respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection, according to research published online in npj Vaccines on March 8.

So for several decades, research focused on developing a vaccine for each of the four serotypes and then combining them.

At present the MRC's AIDS research is divided into two arms: the strategic programme, which covers work on the nature of AIDS and its treatment, and monitors the spread of HIV; and the directed programme, which is targeted specifically at developing drugs and vaccines.

Efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine may have stalled, but the research has revealed an antibody that protects against several lethal flu strains

«Uncovering the process by which neutralizing antibodies develop is critical to HIV vaccine design,» said Elise Landais, Senior Research Scientist with IAVI and lead author of the study.

A research team that includes scientists with Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute has developed a promising Zika virus research team that includes scientists with Kansas State University's Biosecurity Research Institute has developed a promising Zika virus Research Institute has developed a promising Zika virus vaccine.

This new discovery, funded by multiple groups, opens up novel possibilities for future research aimed at developing vaccines against these viruses to prevent type 1 diabetes.

«This vaccine is a successful advancement in developing control strategies for Zika virus by creating widespread immunity in susceptible populations,» said Stephen Higgs, director of the Biosecurity Research Institute.

Cornell and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research scientists have developed a way to produce a protein antigen that may be useful as vaccine for schistosomiasis — a parasitic disease that infects millions of people, mostly in tropical and subtropical climates — according to new research in the journal Protein Expression and Purification, JuResearch scientists have developed a way to produce a protein antigen that may be useful as vaccine for schistosomiasis — a parasitic disease that infects millions of people, mostly in tropical and subtropical climates — according to new research in the journal Protein Expression and Purification, Juresearch in the journal Protein Expression and Purification, June 2017.

Yesterday, the country's government submitted a formal vaccine trial protocol, developed with Epicentre, the Paris - based research arm of Doctors Without Borders (MSF), to an ethical review board.