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.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
The drug firm Acambis is trying to go a step further by
developing a cell - culture
vaccine that after just one injection would prevent every
type of flu.
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.
The flu
vaccine works by exposing the body to parts
of inactivated flu from the three major different
types of flu that infect humans, prompting the immune system to
develop antibodies against these viruses.
«Although right now we are focusing on
developing a cancer
vaccine, in the future we could be able to manipulate which
type of dendritic cells or other
types of immune cells are recruited to the 3D scaffold by using different kinds
of cytokines released from the MSRs,» said co-lead author Aileen Li, a graduate student pursuing her Ph.D. in bioengineering at Harvard SEAS.
«
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.
Another possibility that Irvine's lab is working on is
developing treatments that could be used against tumors even when scientists don't know
of a specific
vaccine target for that
type of tumor.
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 researchers, therefore, wanted to study whether the
vaccine also increased the risk
of developing autoantibodies against beta cells in the pancreas and the occurrence
of type 1 diabetes.
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.
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.
Researchers have
developed a
vaccine for one
of the most dangerous
types of synthetic cathinones, or bath salts.
Designed for females and males ages 9 through 26 and available in more than 40 countries, the
vaccine is the latest
of a few inoculations
developed to prevent the more than 100
types of HPV.
Lizée and colleagues are
developing a different
type of vaccine called a therapeutic
vaccine, which triggers an attack against established cancer.
Whilst we can try to
develop vaccines and treatments for some, it won't be possible to mitigate against all threats with these
types of intervention.
This suggests that a new
vaccine developed from any
of these seven proteins will protect against many
types of N. meningitidis bacteria, says Rappuoli.
While there are only a few
types of cancer
vaccines being used today, scientists are
developing additional
vaccines to treat a range
of cancers.
«Reports
of a sarcoma (a cancerous mass arising from bone, cartilage, fat or muscle)
developing at the site
of vaccine injection sites in some animals have led to the suspicion
of a link between the
vaccine and a disposition in some animals to this
type of reaction,» reports PetMD.