For decades, scientists have been seeking
a new type of vaccine that activates another player in the immune system called a T cell to fight off infections within different organs.
We need
a new type of vaccine that uses select components of a microbe or tumor cell or other cause of disease, and administers these with other defined substances, such as adjuvants, that directly exploit immunology.»
Now,
a new type of vaccine developed within an EU - funded project, called EuroNeut - 41, is based on one of the envelope proteins of the HIV virus, called the gp41 protein.
It is the stuff of dreams for flu scientists, but it could be within reach if
a new type of vaccine that elicits an immune response from white blood cells is combined with traditional vaccines.
Not exact matches
In addition to protecting against 80 percent
of cervical cancers, the
new 9 - Valent human papillomavirus
vaccine, which includes seven cancer causing HPV -
types, has the potential to protect against nearly 19,000 other cancers diagnosed in the United States, including anal, oropharyngeal and penile cancers.
Discovering how farm dust provides this
type of protection has certainly put us on the right track towards developing an asthma
vaccine and
new allergy therapies.
A team led by Ron Dagan, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer - Sheva, Israel, wanted to know if a
new pneumococcal
vaccine based on tetanus toxoid would change infants» immune responses to the standard regimen
of vaccines, including those for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (DTP), and Haemophilus influenzae
type B, which protects against meningitis.
A
new type of cancer
vaccine has yielded promising results in an initial clinical trial conducted at the Perelman School
of Medicine at the University
of Pennsylvania and the Abramson Cancer Center
of the University
of Pennsylvania.
Rewinding skin cells back to their origins in the womb could provide a powerful
new vaccine against multiple
types of cancer.
More ambitious still is a
new type of experimental flu
vaccine made from DNA rather than the usual proteins or viral particles.
The latest weapons in modern medicine's arsenal are two
new vaccines that were recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for preventing this
type of cancer altogether.
In the
new study, scientists built upon previous discoveries that a safe, non-reproducing
vaccine strain
of T. gondii could cure mice
of several
types of solid tumors, and identified which parasite proteins and which immunological pathways are required to break immune tolerance.
MIT engineers have developed a
new type of easily customizable
vaccine that can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be rapidly deployed in response to disease outbreaks.
A
new type of easily customizable
vaccine can be manufactured in one week, allowing it to be rapidly deployed in response to disease outbreaks, say researchers.
A
new review outlines findings that hint at the
types of immune responses a preventive HIV
vaccine may need to induce.
«Developing a
new vaccination strategy against AIDS: The
type of vaccine administered and the activation
of the body's own immune cells influence the
vaccine protection.»
However, a
new study
of children from Sweden and Finland shows that the
vaccine increased neither the risk
of developing autoantibodies against insulin - producing beta cells nor the occurrence
of type 1 diabetes.
Around the same time, Irvine's lab developed a
new type of T cell
vaccine that hitches a ride to the lymph nodes by latching on to the protein albumin, found in the bloodstream.
The work defines a
new type of virus structure, and it could spur the development
of drugs and
vaccines to stop dengue fever and related mosquito - and tick - borne diseases.
A
new therapeutic
vaccine, GTL001, developed by Genticel to clear HPV strains 16 and 18 — the
types most likely to cause cancer — is being evaluated for safety in a Phase I clinical trial at the University
of Louisville.
Investigations based on these proteins might lead to
new ways to combat the disease, including a
vaccine,
new types of drugs to block the growth
of the bacteria, or even restoring the efficacy
of some older antibiotics that have lost their usefulness, said Aleksandra Sikora, an assistant professor in the OSU College
of Pharmacy.
The latest data from a large clinical trial
of Merck's cervical cancer
vaccine, Gardasil, found it offered 100 % protection against cervical, vulval and vaginal diseases, caused by HPV (
types 6, 11, 16 and 18) and 98 % protection against advanced pre-cancers caused by HPV
types 16 and 18 (
New England Journal
of Medicine: vol 356, p1915).
Some
of them have also been linked to human
type 1 diabetes raising the possibility
of developing
vaccines against these viruses to prevent some
of the
new cases
of type 1 diabetes.
These centers focus the efforts
of collaborative groups
of researchers on defined areas
of inquiry, to accelerate progress toward the development
of new treatments and
vaccines to prevent and cure
type 1 diabetes, cancer and infectious disease.
Its scientists carry out research seeking
new knowledge leading to the prevention
of disease through
vaccines and the treatment and cure
of infectious diseases, cancer, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis,
type 1 (juvenile) diabetes, Crohn's disease and asthma.
This suggests that a
new vaccine developed from any
of these seven proteins will protect against many
types of N. meningitidis bacteria, says Rappuoli.
Old, who also heads the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR)
New York Branch and has served for many years as director
of LICR's worldwide scientific programs, says that, eventually,
vaccines will treat a wide variety
of cancer
types, recruiting the immune system to stop the progression
of patients» tumors and helping to fully stabilizing the disease.
Classen proposes a
new explanation for the epidemic
of both insulin dependent diabetes (
type 1 diabetes), which has previously been shown to be caused by
vaccines and non insulin dependent diabetes (
type 2 diabetes).
There is a
new dental
vaccine known as the porphyry monas
vaccine, which is used to kill off certain
types of bacteria that cause the dental diseases in dogs.
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Vaccine to Help Control
New Type of Canine Influenza Virus Detected in 25 States
But
new VANGUARD ® crLyme is the first Lyme disease
vaccine that can address multiple
types of OspC.
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There is also no data that supports that vaccination with the current
vaccine will provide any
type of immunity against the
new strain.
The
newer vaccines protect against four different
types of lepto, the immunity lasts for a year, and allergic reactions are not likely.