Posts tagged: vaccine
HPV Vaccine for Teens: Doctors Voice Their Concerns
Moral grounds keep some doctors from recommending it despite anti-cancer potential.
Biologists produce potential malarial vaccine from algae
Biologists have succeeded in engineering algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would prevent transmission of the parasite that causes malaria.
Advanced genetic screening method may speed vaccine development
Vaccines remain the best line of defense against deadly pathogens and now medical researchers are using clever functional screening methods to attempt to speed new vaccines into production that are both safer and more potent.
Early elevated hiv infection risk in some step study participants who received vaccine; risk decreased over time
A long-term follow-up analysis of participants in the Step Study, an international HIV-vaccine trial, has confirmed that certain subgroups of male study participants were at higher risk of becoming infected after receiving the experimental vaccine compared to those who received a placebo. The vaccine used in the study did not ...
A physician’s guide for anti-vaccine parents
A vaccine expert, pediatrician refute three common myths about child vaccine safety.
Shingles vaccine is safe, according to new study
The herpes zoster vaccine, also known as the shingles vaccine, is generally safe and well tolerated according to a Vaccine Safety Datalink study of 193,083 adults.
Potential vaccine carrier may give stockpiling efforts a shot in the arm
A new potential vaccine carrier may extend the shelf life of and aid in the stockpiling of critical vaccines. A new microemulsion has been found to be both stable and a good candidate for delivering a variety of antigens.
Brain cancer vaccine proves effective, study suggests
A new brain cancer vaccine tailored to individual patients by using material from their own tumors has proven effective in a multicenter phase 2 clinical trial at extending their lives by several months or longer. The patients suffered from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme —- which kills thousands of Americans every year.
Possible clues found to why HIV vaccine showed modest protection
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection in people might have worked were recently published.
Children: Better protection from influenza with improved vaccine
An intranasal vaccine that includes four weakened strains of influenza could do a better job in protecting children from the flu than current vaccines, new research shows.
Young girls more likely to report side effects after HPV vaccine
Younger girls are more likely than adult women to report side effects after receiving Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine. The side effects are non-serious and similar to those associated with other vaccines, according to a new study.