Hybrid device integrates a microfluidic chip for sample preparation and an optofluidic chip for optical detection of individual molecules of viral RNA A team led by researchers at UC Santa C... Read more
Scientific experiments with the herpesvirus such as the one that causes Marek’s disease in poultry have confirmed, for the first time, the highly controversial theory that some vaccine... Read more
Potential game changer for treatment and containment A new test can accurately diagnose Ebola virus disease within minutes, providing clinicians with crucial information for treating patient... Read more
An interdisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and Profectus BioSciences, Inc. has developed a quick-acting vaccine that is both safe and effective with a... Read more
Results from US Government-Sponsored Phase 1 Trial of VSV Vaccine Reported ?An early-stage clinical trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine conducted at the National Institutes of Health (NIH... Read more
Developments in oral immunization delivery viewed as potential weapon to combat global health threats such as tuberculosis, AIDS and diarrheas Scientists at The Forsyth Institute and Tufts U... Read more
The possibilities for personalised vaccines in all types of cancer are revealed today in a lecture from Dr Harpreet Singh at the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland... Read more
Researchers at Siriraj Hospital, part of Mahidol University, claim they have developed the world’s first “antibody treatment” that could cure Ebola virus infections. At least a y... Read more
A mathematical model that replicates Ebola outbreaks can no longer be used to ascertain the eventual scale of the current epidemic, finds research conducted by the University of Warwick. Dr... Read more
NIH Scientists and Collaborators Report Positive Results in Monkeys One shot of an experimental vaccine made from two Ebola virus gene segments incorporated into a chimpanzee cold virus vect... Read more
A revolutionary handheld and battery-powered DNA diagnostic device invented at the University of Otago is poised to become a commonly used field tool for rapidly detecting suspected viruses... Read more