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Hayfever Vaccine Study Raises Hopes For New Allergy Treatment As Clinical Trial Is Launched

(Medical News Today) Researchers are developing a new vaccine for hayfever which could be more effective, less invasive for patients and less expensive than vaccines already available to patients within the NHS. Scientists at Imperial College London and King’s College London have carried out a study which showed a significant reduction in skin sensitivity to  Read More »

Detecting a subway bioterror attack

(New Scientist) IT’S 3 am, and the subway station has long since shut for the night. As I watch, a small group of people move along the platform in the eerie quiet, their anticipation palpable as they prepare to release a cloud of bacteria into the tunnels beneath the densely populated Boston area. Among them  Read More »

Results of dengue vaccine trial in over 4000 Thai children: Experts respond

(ScienceDaily) Researchers from France and Thailand have trialled a dengue vaccine in over 4000 Thai children. While overall there was no difference between the number of dengue cases recorded following vaccination, secondary tests showed that the vaccine was effective against three of the four dengue viruses. Dengue is not caused by a single virus, but  Read More »

Reconstructed 1918 influenza virus has yielded key insights, scientists say

(EurekAlert) The genetic sequencing and reconstruction of the 1918 influenza virus that killed 50 million people worldwide have advanced scientists’ understanding of influenza biology and yielded important information on how to prevent and control future pandemics, according to a new commentary by scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of  Read More »

U.S. government takes threat of bird flu pandemic seriously; spends $25 billion for medical countermeasures

(Military & Aerospace Electronics) Evidently the U.S. government is taking the threat of a global bird flu pandemic very seriously, as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded five contracts collectively worth as much as $25.36 billion for medical countermeasures to the H5N1 avian influenza virus. There is ample reason to  Read More »

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