Sentences with phrase «steps of vaccine development»

Not exact matches

And a new analysis of the STEP trial, published last November in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, provides a warning that the very vectors (adenoviruses, which are also employed in other vaccine development work) used to distribute the inactive HIV strains can actually make the immune system more vulnerable to infection by recruiting susceptible T cells to mucous membranes, where they are more likely to be infected during sexual activity.

This breakthrough discovery is a major step forward towards the development of an asthma vaccine.

After stepping down as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) almost a year ago, Julie Gerberding has a new gig: She will preside over vaccine development at the drug giant Merck.

And a new analysis of the stopped STEP trial, published online Monday in Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences, provides a warning that the very vectors (adenoviruses, which are also employed in other vaccine development) used to distribute the inactive HIV strains can actually prime the immune system to be infected by recruiting susceptible T cells to mucous membranes, where they are more likely to be infected during sexual activity.

The next step, they say, is the development of a BYD vaccine.

Col. Nelson Michael, the WRAIR Zika program co-lead, said, «This critical first step has informed our ongoing work in non-human primates and gives us early confidence that development of a protective Zika virus vaccine for humans is feasible.»

Now, however, the pioneering vaccine development project has ended, and MVP and partners are working with African government health officials to carefully plan for the next steps in the continued deployment of MenAfriVac ®.

In Australia, researchers have been working on a chlamydia vaccine for koalas, which may also be a step towards development of a human vaccine.

Where that step will lead will depend, among other things, on the fate of MVA, another milder vaccine that's much further along in development (ScienceNOW, 10 March).

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.

Vinetz said the next step will be to begin exploiting the genomic information «for vaccine and diagnostics development, experimental approaches to understanding mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and how Leptospira persist in the environment, all critical for developing new public health interventions aimed at reducing the global impact of this important but neglected zoonotic disease.»

Dr Peter Barlow says study represents a promising step forward in the rapid development of a safe and robust vaccine against Zika virus infection in humans.

Finally, the plans for the future development of the vaccine and the next steps to phase II clinical trial were presented.

Since then I learned some techniques from an experienced Hollywood script development exec, like starting with a one - sentence log line (the first sentence of my description of Vaccine Nation above is one, a bit long at 36 words) that captures the story, and then build the outline, including key dramatic steps, in three acts from there.