At the start, researchers pinned their hopes
on vaccines designed to trigger production of antibodies against HIV's surface protein.
Not exact matches
In 2015, researchers at the University of Washington's Cancer
Vaccine Institute published a study
on designing vaccines to prevent breast cancer.
From the vitamin K injection to the hepatitis B
vaccine, learn more about the tests and procedures that are
designed to make sure your sweetie is starting off
on a healthy little foot.
From the vitamin K injection to the hepatitis B
vaccine, learn more about the tests and procedures that are
designed to make sure your baby is starting off
on a healthy little foot.
Based
on our knowledge of the flu virus and the human immune system, we can use computers to
design the components of a
vaccine that gives much broader and longer - lasting protection.»
To be sure, scientists have zeroed in
on some promising
vaccine - adjuvant combinations, and a few well -
designed trials are now under way.
Most cancer
vaccines developed to date have been
designed to recognize and attack a specific known molecule — such as a cell - surface receptor — that is likely to be found
on cancerous cells in any patient with that type of tumor.
Currently, seasonal flu
vaccines are
designed to induce high levels of protective antibodies against hemagglutinin (HA), a protein found
on the surface of the influenza virus that enables the virus to enter a human cell and initiate infection.
Researchers working
on cancer
vaccines may need to take account of these interactions in
designing their treatments if they are ever to prove effective.
Taking a slightly different route, Aviron, a biotech company in Mountain View, California,
designed a
vaccine based
on a live, inactivated virus that could be squirted into the nose as a fine mist.
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.
PEOPLE who are allergic to cats may find that relief is
on the way in the form of a
vaccine designed to retrain the sufferers» immune systems.
How much protection the annual flu shot provides depends
on how well the
vaccine (which is
designed based
on a «best guess» for next season's flu strain) matches the actually circulating virus.
According to Malo, «public health interventions
designed to increase HPV
vaccine recommendation for males should focus
on increasing recommendations by family practitioners and also identifying and supporting innovators and early adopters who may help diffuse HPV vaccination guidelines and encourage later adopters to support the recommendations.»
The study focused
on a flu
vaccine designed to protect against an unusual strain that originated in pigs and caused a pandemic in 2009.
Led by University of Texas Austin researcher Dr Steve Bellan, and in collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the study
on the
design of CDC's
vaccine trial in Sierra Leone is published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
Two studies published
on July 9th in PLOS Pathogens provide results
on Nabs that could help guide
vaccine design.
«To understand the factors behind T - cell - receptor binding to peptides will have major impact
on biomedical developments, including
vaccine design and immunotherapy.»
THE first
vaccines designed to prevent cancer could be
on the market within a few years.
Dr. Schief's work focuses
on computation - guided and structure - based
design of immunogens and immunization regimens, with the goal of inducing broadly neutralizing antibodies against HIV and other pathogens that have frustrated traditional
vaccine design strategies.
«Research focused
on basic B cell biology is the foundation for the development of an HIV
vaccine designed to drive the B cell arm of the immune response.»
As a part of VIOLIN, we have developed Vaxign, the first web - based publically available
vaccine target
design tool based
on bioinformatics analysis of genome sequences using the strategy of reverse vaccinology.
Let's put more emphasis
on immunologic science to
design vaccines in the first place.»
Today, about 70 percent of the research under way in Dr. Steinman's laboratory at Rockefeller focuses
on designing a
vaccine against HIV.
A key program of VIOLIN is Vaxign, the first web - based publically available
vaccine target
design tool based
on bioinformatics analysis of genome sequences using the strategy of reverse vaccinology.
Data from a study done 20 years ago
on maternal - infant HIV transmission give clues that could lead to better HIV
vaccine design
To address this growing problem, NIAID is funding and conducting research
on many aspects of antimicrobial (drug) resistance, including basic research
on how microbes develop resistance, development of new and faster diagnostics, and clinical trials
designed to find new
vaccines and treatments effective against drug - resistant microbes.
Prior to joining IDRI, Neal worked as a research scientist for Immune
Design Corporation (IDC), where he was a member of a team focused on design, generation, and testing of a novel viral vector vaccine pla
Design Corporation (IDC), where he was a member of a team focused
on design, generation, and testing of a novel viral vector vaccine pla
design, generation, and testing of a novel viral vector
vaccine platform.
Career Goals: I plan to pursue a career in scientific research focused
on understanding the human immune response to various infectious agents for diagnostic and
vaccine design purpose.
My PhD work focused
on the study of the identification of the Mechanisms Causing Reversion to Virulence in an Attenuated SARS - CoV for the
Design of a Genetically Stable
Vaccine.
Career Goals: I plan to pursue a career in scientific research focused
on design and development of a new
vaccines for protection against infectious diseases.
Immune
Design is a new generation
vaccine company built
on emerging understanding of the role of dendritic cells in determining an effective immune response.
Many researchers at NIH, universities and medical schools are looking for antibodies that act
on a broad range of flu strains, with the goal of understanding how they attach to the viruses and then
designing vaccines or other flu therapies that produce a similar effect.
During your cat's exam we'll ask you questions to assess your cat's individual risk, based
on his / her lifestyle, and then
design a customized
vaccine protocol.
We will
design a customized
vaccine program for your dog based
on age, lifestyle, and risk of disease exposure.
Tufts Veterinary Field Service may also recommend additional
vaccines and can
design and individual protocol based
on a horse's risk factor (s).
WHAT IS STILL UNKNOWN Prevalence of FISS Published estimates
on the prevalence of FISS vary significantly, depending
on the study
design, numbers of cats in the study, geographic location of the cats, and the fact that injections other than
vaccines are known to induce sarcomas.
Adult cats need shots less often, usually every year or every 3 years, depending
on how long a
vaccine is
designed to last.
Most breeders don't want to wait that long, and instead rely
on the «high titer»
vaccines such as Intervet's Proguard, which was
designed to overcome maternal antibodies.
See also this earlier post
on the same concept employed for public health reasons: Ice Battery:
Design Basis For Solar
Vaccine Chiller.
develops autonomous drones
designed to deliver
vaccines, medicine and blood
on request from health workers in rural areas, with the Tanzanian government to begin using more than 100 drones from four distribution centers to make up to 2,000 deliveries each day.
Zipline develops autonomous drones
designed to deliver
vaccines, medicine and blood
on request from health workers in rural areas, with the Tanzanian government to begin using more than 100 drones from four distribution centers to make up to 2,000 deliveries each day.
Strong background in molecular biology / cell biology with emphasis
on virology, cell cultures, viral vectors, protein
design and
vaccine.