vaccine

New findings in humans provide encouraging foundation for upcoming AIDS vaccine clinical trial

Posted in Medicine on 28th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists are working to develop a vaccine capable of inducing "broadly neutralizing" antibodies that can prevent HIV infection.

100% successful clinical trial means we may soon get a dengue vaccine

Posted in Medicine on 17th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

Each year, 390 million people are infected with dengue, a virus with symptoms including headache, pain, nausea, and can cause death.

A vaccine could help you quit smoking

Posted in Medicine on 10th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

To help those trying to quit, scientists came up with the idea of a nicotine vaccine that can train a smokers body to attack nicotine molecules before they reach the brain.

Zika vaccine possible 'within months'

Posted in Science on 5th Mar, 2016
by Alex Muller

The Zika vaccine in development uses synthesised genetic information from the virus, rather than live virus, to trigger an immune response in the body.

Scientists say they could safely and quickly test a zika vaccine

Posted in Science on 17th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

'We can almost certainly contain future Ebola outbreaks, and that we will have a new paradigm and tool for dealing with new outbreaks of whatever emerges in the future."