DNA Vaccines To Combat Zika Virus; NAID Push For Cure
byAn animated picture of zika virus vaccine which is commercially not available in the market right now. In November 2016, The World Health Organization…
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Alzheimer’s And Other Neurodegenerative Disorders Seek Attention, Awareness And Cure.
byWith no promising cure in place, Alzheimer’s continues to haunt the world. In the United States alone, nearly 5.4 million people live with Alzheimer’s…
CDC Issues Fresh Guidance On HPV Vaccines For Boys And Girls
byAs per the new findings, two doses of HPV vaccine confer necessary immunity to youngsters against the sexually transmitted disease. Previously, three doses were…
Anti-Zika Pesticide Spraying Turns Wynwood Into A Ghost Town
byTere has been a lot of commotion about Zika virus recently. Many individuals think that it is a severe and imminent threat. Others believe…
Decoding CRISPR, The Android Of Genetic Engineering
byClustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, shortened as CRISPR, is the most talked about advancement in the field of genetic engineering (or genome engineering)…
Inovio Pharma’s Vaccine Clears First Hurdle In Phase 1 Trials
byA DNA-based Zika virus vaccine developed by Inovio Pharmaceuticals has proven successful in phase I open-label dose-ranging human trials. In animal studies, this vaccine…
Scientists Discover Viral Mechanism Used By Flavivirus
byA team of researchers in Germany has discovered the viral mechanism used by flavivirus (Dengue, Zika and West Nile viruses) to hijack the cell’s…
Ebola Replicates In Lungs, Says Research Study
byEbola studies suggest that viral replication occurred in lungs even when traces of the virus in blood samples appeared to be nil. Also, the…
UCLA Public Health Builds HIV Risk Assessment Calculator
byPre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is currently used as a measure that in preventing HIV transmission during unprotected sex. Though not foolproof, studies have shown taking…
Slave Trade Brought Aedes Mosquitoes Into The United States, Points Scientific Research
byA edes Mosquito identified as the vector of Zika virus, cannot fly more than 400 meters. The mosquito is, however, capable of making any…