Vaccines News

April 19, 2024

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Developing a Vaccine for the 'Zombie Drug' Xylazine

Apr. 3, 2024 — Chemical biologists design an early 'proof-of-concept' vaccine that could lead to the first effective treatment of xylazine overdose in ...

Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine

Apr. 1, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses. The groundbreaking trivalent vaccine has shown complete protection with no trace of virus in the lungs, ...

Zika Virus Vaccine Emerges as an Unlikely Hero in Battling Brain Cancer

Mar. 8, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new approach using the Zika virus to destroy brain cancer cells and inhibit tumor growth, while sparing healthy ...

COVID Vaccines Are Safe for Pregnant Women and Babies, Study Finds

Mar. 7, 2024 — The COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, researchers report in an important finding on the safety of the vaccine in infants -- despite widespread fear and ...

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New Discovery Unravels Malaria Invasion Mechanism

Apr. 3, 2024 — A recent breakthrough sheds light on how the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, invades human red blood cells. The study reveals the role of a sugar called sialic acid in this invasion process. ...

Just Ask: Patients in the ER Are Willing to Get a Flu Shot

Mar. 26, 2024 — Simply asking patients to get the flu vaccine, and combining it with helpful video and print messages, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to roll up their sleeves, according ...

Addressing Both Flu and COVID-19 Through a Single, Multitasking Injection

Mar. 18, 2024 — Researchers have identified new drug candidates for preventing and treating major respiratory viral ...

DNA Origami-Based Vaccines Toward Safe and Highly-Effective Precision Cancer Immunotherapy

Mar. 15, 2024 — Researchers have created a DNA origami platform called DoriVac, whose core component is a self-assembling square block-shaped nanostructure. DoriVac ...

Key Metabolic Process Responsible for Rapid Immune Responses Discovered

Mar. 15, 2024 — Researchers identified a key metabolite in cells that helps direct immune responses and explains at a single cell level why immune cells that most efficiently recognize pathogens, vaccines, or ...

Common Viruses Trigger Most Cases of Intussusception in Children

Mar. 14, 2024 — Viral infections trigger more cases of intussusception, the common cause of bowel blockages in young children, than previously thought, according to a new ...

Scientists Find Weak Points on Epstein-Barr Virus

Mar. 12, 2024 — Studies of interactions between two lab-generated monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and an essential Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) protein have uncovered targets that could be exploited in designing treatments ...

Vaccine Monitoring Crucial as SARS-CoV-2 Variants Continue to Evolve

Mar. 12, 2024 — Researchers have highlighted the importance of continued surveillance of emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants and vaccine performance as the virus continues to ...

Optimizing Boosters: How COVID mRNA Vaccines Reshape Immune Memory After Each Dose

Mar. 8, 2024 — COVID-19 vaccines elicit strong T-cell responses, but clonal-resolution analyses of these responses have not previously been performed. To address ...

New Antibodies Target 'Dark Side' of Influenza Virus Protein

Mar. 1, 2024 — Researchers have identified antibodies targeting a hard-to-spot region of the influenza virus, shedding light on the relatively unexplored 'dark side' of the neuraminidase (NA) protein head. The ...

Powerful New AI Can Predict People's Attitudes to Vaccines

Mar. 20, 2024 — A powerful new tool in artificial intelligence is able to predict whether someone is willing to be vaccinated against ...

Vac to the Future

Mar. 14, 2024 — Scientists recently published the results of a competition that put researchers to the test. For the competition, part of the NIH-funded Computational Models of Immunity network, teams of researchers ...

Zika Vaccine Safe, Effective When Administered During Pregnancy

Mar. 4, 2024 — A vaccine against Zika virus is safe and effective when administered both before and during pregnancy, according to new ...

Latest Booster Reduces Adults' Risk of Moderate or Severe COVID by More Than Half

Mar. 1, 2024 — The most recent COVID-19 booster shot reduces adults' risk of moderate or severe COVID by more than half, according to a new nationwide data study from September 2023 through January 2024, a ...

Changes in Flu Circulation Means U.S. Likely to See Vaccines Move from Quadrivalent to Trivalent

Feb. 29, 2024 — U.S. flu vaccines are likely to move from quadrivalent to trivalent due to a change in circulating influenza viruses, according to a new ...

In Fight Against Brain Pathogens, the Eyes Have It

Feb. 28, 2024 — The eyes have been called the window to the brain. It turns out they also serve as an immunological barrier that protects the organ from pathogens and even tumors, researchers have found. In a new ...

Long-Term Data Reveals SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Vaccine-Induced Antibody Responses Are Long-Lasting

Feb. 26, 2024 — A long-term analysis reveals that antibody responses induced by COVID-19 vaccines are long-lasting. The study results challenge the idea that mRNA-based vaccine immunity wanes ...

'Hexaplex' Vaccine Aims to Boost Flu Protection

Feb. 26, 2024 — A research team has developed a recombinant protein flu vaccine candidate. It utilizes a nanoliposome vaccine platform that underwent phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials in South Korea and the ...

How Children's Birthdays Help Show the Best Month for Flu Shots

Feb. 22, 2024 — First large-scale analysis of optimal timing for flu shots finds October is the best month for children to get vaccinated against influenza. Study of 800,000 pediatrician visits leverages links ...

TB Vaccine Shrinks Liver Cancer Tumors in Mice

Feb. 21, 2024 — Could the TB vaccine be a new immunotherapy for liver cancer? A study found that the century-old vaccine reduced tumors and extended survival for mice with liver ...

Study Identifies Increase in Antibiotic-Resistant Typhoid

Feb. 20, 2024 — A study has shown that shortly after an increase in antimicrobial use -- specifically the antibiotic ciprofloxacin -- rates of antimicrobial-resistant Salmonella typhi ...

Breakthrough in Developing the PD-1-Enhanced DNA Vaccine for Over 6-Year cART-Free AIDS Prevention and Virologic Control

Feb. 20, 2024 — Researchers found that PD-1-enhanced DNA vaccination can induce sustained virus-specific CD8+ T cell immunity in an AIDS monkey model. The vaccinated monkeys remained free of AIDS for six years and ...

Flu Vaccines Were Effective in 2022-2023 Flu Season, Studies Find

Feb. 19, 2024 — The prospect of the worrisome triple threat of COVID, RSV and flu was assuaged last year by the effectiveness of flu vaccines. Two recent studies from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

COVID-19 Vaccination and Boosting During Pregnancy Protects Infants for Six Months, Study Finds

Feb. 14, 2024 — Women who receive an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccination or booster during pregnancy can provide their infants with strong protection against symptomatic COVID-19 infection for at least six months after ...

Switching Arms Improves Effectiveness of Two-Dose Vaccinations, Study Suggests

Feb. 6, 2024 — New research reveals as much as a four-fold increase in immune response when people alternate from one arm to the other when given a multi-dose ...

How T Cells Combat Tuberculosis

Feb. 6, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes ...

Scientists See an Ultra-Fast Movement on Surface of HIV Virus

Feb. 2, 2024 — Seeing a glycoprotein on the envelope of the HIV virus snap open and shut in mere millionths of a second is giving investigators a new handle on the surface of the virus that could lead to broadly ...

DNA Particles That Mimic Viruses Hold Promise as Vaccines

Jan. 30, 2024 — Using a DNA-based delivery particle, researchers created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against ...

Common Cold or COVID-19? Some T Cells Are Ready to Combat Both

Jan. 26, 2024 — Scientists have found direct evidence that exposure to common cold coronaviruses can train T cells to fight SARS-CoV-2. The research promises to help scientists design and improve ...

Soap Bark Discovery Offers a Sustainability Booster for the Global Vaccine Market

Jan. 26, 2024 — A valuable molecule sourced from the soapbark tree and used as a key ingredient in vaccines, has been replicated in an alternative plant host for the first time, opening unprecedented opportunities ...