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IDRI and Medicago to Present Data on H5N1 Vaccine at the World Vaccine … – Infection Control Today

IDRI and Medicago to Present Data on H5N1 Vaccine at the World Vaccine …Infection Control TodayThe trial focused on evaluating the safety and immunogenicity of the H5N1 vaccine, combined with IDRI's Glucopyranosyl Lipid A ("GLA") adjuvant, which was administered intramuscularly or intradermally. The intradermal route of administration was also …and more »

April 9, 2013
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Local scientists developing tests for vaccines against bioterror threats – Orlando Sentinel

Local scientists developing tests for vaccines against bioterror threatsOrlando SentinelVaxDesign won a $15 million contract last month from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to develop tests for vaccines that could be used against deadly viruses such as tularemia, ricin and Venezuela equine encephalitis, among others. So far, it …and more »

April 8, 2013
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Revealing the weapons by which bacteria fight each other

(EurekAlert) A new study which was performed jointly at Umeå University and the University of Washington in Seattle, USA, discovered that bacteria can degrade the cell membrane of bacterial competitors with enzymes that do not harm their own membrane. This exciting finding opens the way for the development of new antibacterial drugs to fight bacteria Read More »

April 5, 2013
| Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Research
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Hepatitis A virus discovered to cloak itself in membranes hijacked from infected cells

(ScienceDaily) Viruses have historically been classified into one of two types — those with an outer lipid-containing envelope and those without an envelope. For the first time, researchers at the University of North Carolina have discovered that hepatitis A virus, a common cause of enterically-transmitted hepatitis, takes on characteristics of both virus types depending on Read More »

April 5, 2013
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New Foot and Mouth vaccine

(BBCNews) Researchers based in the UK have developed a new type of vaccine for the cattle disease Foot and Mouth. As the new vaccine is not based on a live virus it is much easier to distinguish between vaccinated animals and those infected with the disease. In addition the vaccine does not require refrigeration, making Read More »