Compound in Panda Blood Could Fight Superbugs
Researchers have discovered a potent antibody in panda blood, which could help fight increasingly prevalent drug-resistant strains of infections. Cathelicin-AM was discovered when researchers analyzed…
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3D Printing Using DNA Could Make Drugs
New technology that combines the computer-aided design software inSequio with nanoscale fabrication technology could allow for the 3D printing of drugs using DNA. The Parabon…
Synthesizing a Flu Vaccine Without the Virus
A new vaccine strategy, which uses synthetic messenger RNA (mRNA) instead of proteins purified from viruses, could make flu shots cheaper, safer, and easier to…
Phase III Vaccine Trial in Africa Gives Poor Results about New Malaria Drug
A phase III clinical trial in Africa of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine has reported disappointing results. The vaccine failed to show substantial protection for infants…
Molecular Bio-Printing of Drugs Could Result in Emailed Vaccines
Emailing biological molecules, using 3D biological printers, might seem like science fiction, but Craig Venter discussed the idea at the Wired Health Conference in New…
Hepatitis E Vaccine Debuts Thanks to Chinese Biotech Partnership
The world’s first vaccine against the hepatitis E virus began being deployed from China last week, promising to stop the propagation of a disease that…
New Model for Vaccination Against Genital Herpes
Working with mice, a team of scientists at Yale University developed a new vaccination model that offers a promising vaccination strategy against the herpes simplex…
HIV Vaccine Trial Identifies Target That Could Improve Effectiveness
A new vaccine trial has revealed a weak spot in HIV, which could lead to an effective vaccine against AIDS. The vaccine turns the immune…
New Class of Synthetic Vaccines Piggyback on 3-D DNA Nanostructures
Scientists at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University are using DNA nanotechnology to make an entirely new class of synthetic vaccines that could be…
Needleless Device Jet-Injects Drugs at the Speed of Sound
By using a design that incorporates a small, powerful magnet surrounded by a coil of wire that’s attached to a piston inside a drug ampoule,…
Engineered Algae to Produce Potential Candidates for Malaria Vaccine
In an effort to prevent the transmission of malaria, UC San Diego biologists have engineered algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine that would…
Non-Experts Use Online Crowd-Sourcing to Diagnose Malaria
UCLA engineers have taken online crowd-sourcing a step further. By creating a crowd-sourced online gaming system in which players distinguish malaria-infected red blood cells from…
Custom Tailored Brain Cancer Vaccine Proves Effective
A new vaccine has been found to extend the life of patients suffering from recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. A phase 2 clinical trial showed that by…
VPM1002 Tuberculosis Vaccine in Phase II Trial
It’s hard to believe that the only tuberculosis vaccine currently available is over 90 years old. Since the BCG vaccine only protects young children, scientists…
Vaccine Shown to be Effective Against all Known Strains of Hepatitis C
Researchers have discovered a vaccine, developed from a single strain, that has shown to be effective against all known strains of hepatitis C. Further research…
“Loaded” Dendritic Cells Tested on HIV Volunteers
Researchers at Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital and Antwerp University have begun the testing of a new ‘therapeutic vaccine’ against HIV on…
Researchers Use Body’s Immune System to Fight Cancer
New research points suggests that DNA sequences from tumor cells can also be used to direct the body’s immune system to attack cancer cells, according…
HIV Vaccine Approved for Human Clinical Trials
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at The University of Western Ontario have been studying HIV for the last twenty years and working on a…
