Follow
Conjugate Vaccine
Conjugate Vaccine: combine a weak antigen with a strong antigen so that the immune system has a stronger response to the weak antigen. Vaccines are used to prevent diseases by invoking an immune response to an antigen, the foreign part of a bacteria or virus that the immune system recognizes.
-
JUN 29, 2023Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is a type of rare brain cancer that originates in the brain or spinal cord. Glioblastoma can occur at ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 17, 2022Immunology
A workout after getting a vaccine for influenza or COVID-19 may provide additional immune protection, says a new ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 09, 2021Immunology
Adjuvants are molecules added to vaccines to help them work better by stimulating a stronger immune response. This appro ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 30, 2021Immunology
HIV is a master of disguise. Once the virus enters the body, it has a number of sophisticated mechanisms through which i ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 24, 2021Immunology
In a study reported in the journal Cell, immunologists provide evidence for an Achilles’ heel in current COVI ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUN 01, 2021Immunology
Seasonal flu vaccines only work around 40 to 60 percent of the time, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 24, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Asthma is thought to affect 340 million people. A type of asthma that happens when allergens like dust mites are inhaled ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 27, 2021Immunology
University of Oxford scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria, which they describe as having “unprecede ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 15, 2021Immunology
Good news for families of newborns: A new study shows that breastfeeding mothers who receive a COVID vaccine share prote ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 16, 2021Immunology
One of the most remarkable features of the immune system is its ability to “remember” past encounters with p ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAR 04, 2021Immunology
Unlike social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand hygiene, vaccines are our best bet as a long-term solution to protectin ...Written By: Tara FernandesJAN 26, 2021Immunology
In a period of just over three weeks, over four million people received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Out of all the ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 15, 2020Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 02, 2020Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of ...Written By: Tara FernandesNOV 25, 2020Immunology
Everyone worldwide is sitting with anticipation, waiting for the right vaccine candidate for the coronavirus outbreak, h ...Written By: Heba El-wassefNOV 16, 2020Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 16, 2020Immunology
Kristen Radford, a professor at Australia’s University of Queensland is among a scientific research team developin ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 19, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Massachusetts, has released information on its vaccine against COVID-19 from i ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou ...Written By: Annie LennonSEP 26, 2018Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer ...MAY 24, 2017Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a ...Written By: Daniel DuanNOV 15, 2016Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 07, 2016Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
JUN 29, 2023
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is a type of rare brain cancer that originates in the brain or spinal cord. Glioblastoma can occur at
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 17, 2022
Immunology
A workout after getting a vaccine for influenza or COVID-19 may provide additional immune protection, says a new
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 09, 2021
Immunology
Adjuvants are molecules added to vaccines to help them work better by stimulating a stronger immune response. This appro
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 30, 2021
Immunology
HIV is a master of disguise. Once the virus enters the body, it has a number of sophisticated mechanisms through which i
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 24, 2021
Immunology
In a study reported in the journal Cell, immunologists provide evidence for an Achilles’ heel in current COVI
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUN 01, 2021
Immunology
Seasonal flu vaccines only work around 40 to 60 percent of the time, says the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 24, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Asthma is thought to affect 340 million people. A type of asthma that happens when allergens like dust mites are inhaled
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2021
Immunology
University of Oxford scientists have developed a vaccine against malaria, which they describe as having “unprecede
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 15, 2021
Immunology
Good news for families of newborns: A new study shows that breastfeeding mothers who receive a COVID vaccine share prote
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 16, 2021
Immunology
One of the most remarkable features of the immune system is its ability to “remember” past encounters with p
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAR 04, 2021
Immunology
Unlike social distancing, mask-wearing, and hand hygiene, vaccines are our best bet as a long-term solution to protectin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JAN 26, 2021
Immunology
In a period of just over three weeks, over four million people received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Out of all the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Drug developers’ frantic hunt for vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 has finally begun to bear fruit, with several vaccin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 15, 2020
Immunology
A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine has provided fresh insights on how our immune systems protect
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 02, 2020
Immunology
Receiving a vaccine (usually in the form of an inactivated pathogen) triggers an immune response without the symptoms of
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
NOV 25, 2020
Immunology
Everyone worldwide is sitting with anticipation, waiting for the right vaccine candidate for the coronavirus outbreak, h
...
Written By:
Heba El-wassef
NOV 16, 2020
Immunology
Measles is a highly contagious and airborne viral disease. There is no treatment besides supportive care once a person b
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 16, 2020
Immunology
Kristen Radford, a professor at Australia’s University of Queensland is among a scientific research team developin
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 19, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Moderna, a biotechnology company based in Massachusetts, has released information on its vaccine against COVID-19 from i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Currently Alzheimer’s disease is thought to affect around 50 million people around the world, with this figure dou
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 26, 2018
Neuroscience
Solanezumab: this simple name evokes at the same time one of the greatest hopes and the worst disillusions for Alzheimer
...
MAY 24, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
A slingshot is often associated with the children’s toy and mischievous behaviors. But now it might just become a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
NOV 15, 2016
Microbiology
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, and MIT are taking a novel approach to preventing and treating bact
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 07, 2016
Cancer
When treating cancer, doctors have turned to immunotherapy to help target actual tumors instead of attacking all rapidly
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis