Dr. Chil-Yong Kang who developed theSAV001-H vaccine (Credit: Paul Mayne/Western University) Are we finally going to see a successful vaccination against HIV/AIDS? a recent early clinical trial of a new drug by a company called Sumagen had shown some early ...
Vaccine-Delivery Patch with Dissolving Microneedle
Researchers from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology recently presented a new vaccine-delivery patch based on hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin. The new technology could allow persons without medical training to painlessly administer vaccines, ...
Type 1 Diabetes Nanoparticle Vaccine
Researchers at the University of Calgary in Canada have developed a nanoparticle vaccine for Type 1 diabetes. The vaccine, successfully tested on mice, was designed to stop the autoimmune response responsible for causing Type 1 diabetes in children without damaging ...
Cancer Vaccination in Action
A research team from the Hadassah Medical Organization and the Hebrew University in Jerusalem has developed a method for generating a personalized melanoma vaccination. The vaccination is targeted at patients in the early stages of tumor development and for patients ...
New Meningitis B Vaccine Developed
Novartis, an international drug company, has recently developed a vaccine against the meningococcal B strain. This is the first vaccination to be developed for this often deadly disease that usually affects young children and infants. This new vaccine has the ...