According to yle.fi, type 1 diabetes may be more common in Finland than anywhere else in the world. A vaccine for type 1 diabetes developed by Finnish researchers will be tested on mainly Finnish human subjects in late 2018. The ...
Read More »Three countries get first malaria vaccine
The RTS,S vaccine trains the immune system to attack the malaria parasite, which is spread by mosquito bites. The World Health Organization (WHO) said the jab had the potential to save tens of thousands of lives, according to the BBC. ...
Read More »A rare frog can help find cure for the flu
Scientists at Emory University found that the slime of a rare Indian frog has the power to destroy strains of human flu. It could be used to develop drugs that cure the flu, new research claims, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Scientists make cells resistant to HIV in major breakthrough against the disease
Researchers have found a way to make cells resistant to HIV, a new report reveals. In a major breakthrough, scientists have tethered HIV-fighting antibodies to immune cells, creating a cell population resistant to the virus, Joinfo.com reports with reference to ...
Read More »Ebola vaccine 100% effective, study shows
The team led by the World Health Organization has completed an Ebola vaccine that works completely. They used the same strategy that was used to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. Called ring vaccination, it calls for vaccinating people who have been in ...
Read More »US to begin human testing of experimental Zika vaccine
Inovio Pharmaceuticals said on Monday it received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to begin early-stage safety tests of its DNA-based vaccine against the mosquito-borne virus. That puts the company ahead of researchers at the National Institutes of Health, ...
Read More »U.S. President to ask Congress for funds to fight Zika virus
The U.S. President Barack Obama will ask the U.S. Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funds at home and abroad and pursue a vaccine, the White House said on Monday, but Obama also said there was no reason ...
Read More »Indian scientists said they developed Zika virus vaccine
Indian scientists from Bharat Biotech Ltd. in Hyderabad say they developed two candidate vaccines against Zika virus, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to NDTV. “On Zika, we are probably the first vaccine company in the world to file a vaccine candidate ...
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