Sentences with phrase «vaccine research because»

The trials would be for proof of concept, to show whether researchers can, for the first time in humans, stimulate the right B cells to start the process of making broadly neutralizing antibodies, long considered the «holy grail» of HIV vaccine research because they defend against infection by a broad spectrum of HIV strains.

Learning what they contribute to cell structure, permeability, membrane biogenesis and so on is important in vaccine research because antibodies against protein antigens can disable the protein's function.»

Not exact matches

The long - term persistence of CD8αα + T cells where initial infection occurs may explain why patients have asymptomatic recurrences of genital herpes because these cells constantly recognize and eliminate the virus, according to Jia Zhu, Ph.D., corresponding author, research assistant professor in Laboratory Medicine at the University of Washington and an affiliate investigator in the Fred Hutch Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division.

«Funding and commercial support are increasing in the area of vaccine R&D, especially because of the high investment by entities such as the NIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,» noted Marie - Paule Kieny, director of the WHO's Initiative for Vaccine Revaccine R&D, especially because of the high investment by entities such as the NIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,» noted Marie - Paule Kieny, director of the WHO's Initiative for Vaccine ReVaccine Research.

That's because a trial like this one is almost without precedent in modern medical research: It involves giving children a vaccine that is almost certain not to benefit them, and that might harm them, all to protect other children from an unlikely scenario — a large - scale anthrax attack.

Immediate challenges ahead for Redfield will include navigating this season's spike in influenza cases, and any related work on flu vaccine research — for which he may be relatively well suited because of his credentials as a virologist and immunologist.

The move has outraged the broader community because the U.S. Military HIV Research Program plays a unique role in AIDS vaccine development.

Because this research does not require replicating «live» viruses, it does not need to be done in high - level containment facilities when developing vaccines for highly pathogenic viruses.

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.

The Lancet and most of the article's coauthors ultimately disowned the study because its lead author had not divulged that he was also being paid to conduct research for parents seeking to sue vaccine manufacturers.

The vaccine has particular significance because the regions where outbreaks of the two viruses occur overlap, says Donald Black, head of the capripox virus group at the Agricultural and Food Research Council's Institute for Animal Health.

A number of research institutes have been working for years on Ebola vaccines, but the candidate vaccines languished because there was no commercial interest in developing them.

Finally, because much exposure to mercury has been iatrogenic — via dental amalgams and vaccine preservatives — mercury research often is controversial.

No - one can legitimately claim that vaccines are safe — because no - one has conducted the necessary research to make that claim.

We recommend using Purevax ™ rabies vaccine and Purevax ™ FeLV vaccine because research indicates that they are safer than other rabies and FeLV vaccines.

CBCNews.ca reported that in his affidavit, the researcher told officers he was working on a vaccine for the Ebola virus and HIV and that on his last day at the lab, he stole 22 vials to use at his new job in the U.S. because he did not want to have to start from the beginning with respect to his research.