Unlike any other vaccine designed for human use, this product would be a DNA vaccine that only contains a particular part of the pathogen (
rather than a vaccine with an inactivated live or dead virus, for example).
While it is unlikely that the vaccine would cause untoward effects in breastfed infants, consider administering immune globulin
rather than vaccine.
Not exact matches
Today all new viral strains used to make
vaccines must be generated by specific artificial genetic modifications
rather than by «breeding,» so as to prevent possible reversion back to a virulent form.
I feel horrible about not vaxing my kids even if the
vaccines did cause autism, I would
rather see my children autistic
than dead or in severe pain and trauma from something that could have been prevented.
The use of single
vaccines leaves children at risk of catching measles, mumps or rubella in the time periods between doses of the
vaccines, and a full course requires six injections
rather than the two required for MMR
vaccine.
Rather than abandon the
vaccine, Maria Gomes - Solecki of the University of Tennessee in Memphis wondered if it could still work if it was just given to mice, a major reservoir of B. burgdorferi.
But
rather than dashing all hopes for an AIDS
vaccine, the trial has heartened some researchers, who see new clues in the battle against the fatal illness.
But equating
vaccines, which have saved countless lives, with pharmaceutical companies as a whole is a huge mistake, he says; it's an emotional response
rather than one based on evidence.
They hypothesized that using lower dosages and intradermal,
rather than intramuscular, injections would extend the virus
vaccine supply.
An inactivated virus
vaccine, delivered by injection
rather than orally, could be key to eradicating polio globally
Vaccines developed using proteins rather than live viruses can help protect animals and subsequently humans from insect - borne viruses, according to Alan Young, chief scientific officer for Medgene Labs, an animal health company that develops therapeutics and diagnostics, including v
Vaccines developed using proteins
rather than live viruses can help protect animals and subsequently humans from insect - borne viruses, according to Alan Young, chief scientific officer for Medgene Labs, an animal health company that develops therapeutics and diagnostics, including
vaccinesvaccines.
Another appears to work in one dose,
rather than the usual two, so could protect people fast enough to slow a cholera epidemic in mid-outbreak, says John Clemens of the International
Vaccine Institute in Seoul, South Korea.
Vaccines 2.0
Rather than take Han's broader approach, Stanford University's Mark Davis, director of the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, is focusing on unraveling one specific piece of the puzzle: the immune response to flu vaccination.
AN ANTIBODY which causes MRSA bacteria to explode
rather than divide brings hope for a universal
vaccine.
The study, which will not be completed for at least five years, will evaluate whether the
vaccine prevents tumor recurrence
rather than causing shrinkage.
The majority of
vaccines available contained inactivated A (H1N1) pdm09 influenza virus
rather than live virus.
«Our finding will not help develop a
vaccine because the focus is on innate immunity
rather than the virus,» Huang said.
More ambitious still is a new type of experimental flu
vaccine made from DNA
rather than the usual proteins or viral particles.
The eradication initiative chose OPV,
rather than the original Salk
vaccine made of killed virus (inactivated, or IPV), for good reason: it's cheap and effective.
Examples include changing policies to encourage older adults to remain part of the workforce for longer (e.g., removing tax disincentives to work past retirement age), emphasising low - cost disease prevention and early detection
rather than treatment (eg, reducing salt intake and increasing uptake of
vaccines), making better use of technology (eg, mobile clinics for rural populations), and training health - care staff in the management of multiple chronic conditions.
The development of such a
vaccine is not foreseeable in the immediate future, Dr. W. H. Murphy of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, said, but there is basis for «cautious optimism,
rather than the stark pessimism which has been the feeling to date.»
The development of such a
vaccine is not foreseeable in the immediate future, Dr. W. H. Murphy of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, said, but there is basis for «cautious optimism,
rather than the...
«Our results demonstrate the substantial benefit of vaccinating during pregnancy
rather than waiting until after birth,» pediatrician and
vaccine researcher Nicola Klein and colleagues wrote online April 3 in Pediatrics.
Seniors, ages 65 and older, support a school - based requirement for the MMR
vaccine rather than leaving the decision up to parents by a margin of 90 % to 8 %.
Years with larger -
than - baseline epidemics can occur with a waning
vaccine because the
vaccine delays —
rather than prevents — many infections.
But experts caution that because the
vaccine is expensive and its effectiveness wears off, it should be used only to contain
rather than prevent major outbreaks.
This possibility should not be overlooked, but the more important point is that it is better to move the energy to the
vaccine rather than the other way round.
The only approved
vaccine for dengue may actually increase the incidence of dengue infections requiring hospitalization
rather than preventing the disease if health officials aren't careful about where they vaccinate, new public health research published Sept. 2 in Science suggests.
That year, the CDC began recommending a new
vaccine that contained two to five proteins isolated from B. pertussis
rather than the entire bacterium.
«You know, I just hope most people would
rather give a
vaccine like this
than watch their daughters struggle with abnormal Pap smears and cervical cancer.»
Kahan and other social scientists previously have shown that information based on scientific evidence can actually intensify —
rather than moderate — political polarization on contentious topics such as gun control, climate change, fracking, or the safety of certain
vaccines.
New
vaccines that targeted first one and later two strains of polio,
rather than all three, were introduced and began to make real inroads.
Most other
vaccine trials have tried to use the malaria parasite —
rather than the body's reaction against it — to find possible targets for
vaccines.
subunit
vaccine - a
vaccine that uses one or more parts of a disease - causing organism,
rather than the whole, to stimulate an immune response.
What if,
rather than replacing heroin with another drug, addicts could receive injections of a
vaccine that makes them «immune» from the effects of heroin for months?
He and others believe that these cases were associated with infection by the live H1N1 influenza virus itself,
rather than with the Pandemrix
vaccine.
DR ANDREW WAKEFIELD: Again, this was very contentious and you would not get consensus from all members of the group on this, but that is my feeling, that the, the risk of this particular syndrome developing is related to the combined
vaccine, the MMR,
rather than the single
vaccines.
[5] Of the remainder, only three were serious adverse events, none of which were judged by the investigators to be unexpected or related to therapy: all occurred in the low -
rather than the high - dose
vaccine group, and all were lower back or knee pains common in older adults.
Rather than using a killed or attenuated virus to develop a
vaccine for dengue, de Silva's lab is focusing on «expressing the E protein and attaching it to nanoparticles to induce good immune responses,» Metz said.
There is evidence that
vaccines may cause harm well beyond what would show up in an adverse events report — harm that may manifest over many years,
rather than in the days and weeks immediately following vaccination.
Rather than considering sanitation, hygiene, or
vaccines to be the most important tools in the fight against infectious disease, the Jaminets provide a refreshing integration of the fields of immunology and nutrition.
I want to know how long that lasts
rather than the so - called life - saving «preventable disease»
vaccine purports to provide.
Some
vaccine is made from killed bacterial organisms
rather than viral organisms and other
vaccine (such as the rattlesnake bite
vaccine) is made against proteins and no infectious organism is involved.
If you are looking for a low cost method of vaccination, we suggest a low cost vaccination clinic
rather than trying to give
vaccine on your own.
When
vaccines were first being investigated, patients were actually given a less severe form of the disease or a related disease, with the idea that it was better to be a little bit sick now
rather than a lot sicker later.
For example, some
vaccines are now given every three years
rather than annually.
They differ to conventional
vaccines in that they are usually manufactured from the products of diseases
rather than from a culture of the disease agent or virus itself (as in many conventional
vaccines.)
I would
rather pay for a titer test to see if she still has those anitbodies
than subject her to
vaccines that may shorten her life even if the titer is more expensive.
Although most veterinarians seem to follow recommendations published by the VAFSTF in 1996 (rabies, right rear; FeLV, left rear), FISS continue to be diagnosed at the interscapular region.9 Furthermore, it appears that most veterinarians prefer to administer
vaccines to cats at sites above the stifle, not below, and over the right shoulder,
rather than below the right elbow, as recommended in current feline vaccination guidelines (Figure).
Have you ever thought your own diligence in conforming to a Veterinary Surgeon's request and the annual
vaccine programme could in fact be killing your beloved pets,
rather than improving their quality of life?