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Vaccinations
Vaccinations: is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop protection from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism in a weakened or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, it helps prevent sickness from an infectious disease.
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MAY 14, 2020Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Biopharmaceutical company, Moderna, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its experimental ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 08, 2020Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 07, 2020Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 05, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Samples obtained from patients from all over the world have been used to sequence the genomes of the viral strains infec ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 05, 2020Immunology
A new hero in the fight against COVID-19 has emerged: 4-year-old Winter, a llama that currently resides in the Belgian c ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 04, 2020Immunology
GeoVax Labs, Inc., a biotechnology company developing human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalMAY 04, 2020Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 30, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an artificial intelligence platform to accele ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 26, 2020Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2020Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 22, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
So far, only 3% of at least 90 COVID-19 antibody tests in the US have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2020Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 21, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 21, 2020Immunology
April 17, 2020, Sino Biological announced this week that the company launched the world’s first coronavirus antige ...Sponsored By: Sino BiologicalAPR 21, 2020Cancer
A new study published in eLife describes the findings from a study that has successfully mapped tumor cell molecule ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 21, 2020Immunology
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the accumulation of “tau tangles”. Tau is a ...Written By: Tara FernandesAPR 20, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 17, 2020Neuroscience
Researchers from Texas Tech University have found that anti-vaxxers (those who deny the efficacy of vaccines) are more p ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 16, 2020Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande ...Written By: Stephanie Leon QuinonezAPR 15, 2020Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 14, 2020Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Although treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 may still be months away, antibody tests are becoming more widespread. ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 08, 2020Immunology
Aedes mosquitoes are native of Africa but are commonly found in regions of the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. These da ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
MAY 14, 2020
Immunology
Antibodies are a powerful countermeasure against COVID-19. Not only can they relieve symptoms in patients experiencing s
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Biopharmaceutical company, Moderna, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved its experimental
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 08, 2020
Immunology
Scientists aren’t exactly sure what causes type 1 diabetes, although genetics and environmental factors are presum
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 07, 2020
Immunology
Researchers from Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech have reported preliminary results of a study into the development of a va
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 05, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Samples obtained from patients from all over the world have been used to sequence the genomes of the viral strains infec
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 05, 2020
Immunology
A new hero in the fight against COVID-19 has emerged: 4-year-old Winter, a llama that currently resides in the Belgian c
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 04, 2020
Immunology
GeoVax Labs, Inc., a biotechnology company developing human vaccines and immunotherapies against infectious diseases and
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
MAY 04, 2020
Microbiology
The COVID-19 pandemic has spread around the world and there is still no available treatment or a vaccine. Prevention rem
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 30, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an artificial intelligence platform to accele
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 26, 2020
Microbiology
Sustained, intense efforts to vaccinate were getting the world very close to eradicating polio, but the vaccine itself o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2020
Immunology
The best offense may be a good defense in the fight against COVID-19. Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School are e
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 22, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
So far, only 3% of at least 90 COVID-19 antibody tests in the US have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Health & Medicine
It can feel like COVID-19 news is consuming the country, and taking all the toilet paper and N95-masks with it. N
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 21, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers from the University of Waterloo in Canada are working on a DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19 that can be applie
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 21, 2020
Immunology
April 17, 2020, Sino Biological announced this week that the company launched the world’s first coronavirus antige
...
Sponsored By:
Sino Biological
APR 21, 2020
Cancer
A new study published in eLife describes the findings from a study that has successfully mapped tumor cell molecule
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 21, 2020
Immunology
One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the accumulation of “tau tangles”. Tau is a
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 20, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have successfully completed the first-in-human clinical trial for a vaccine against MERS (Middle East Respir
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 17, 2020
Neuroscience
Researchers from Texas Tech University have found that anti-vaxxers (those who deny the efficacy of vaccines) are more p
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 16, 2020
Health & Medicine
As mortality and infection rates rise globally, it appears that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for the COVID-19 pande
...
Written By:
Stephanie Leon Quinonez
APR 15, 2020
Immunology
As of April 9th, over 60% of deaths from COVID-19 in New York state were men. Meanwhile, as of April 6, 82% of patients
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 14, 2020
Microbiology
Some have looked economic data and suggested that social distancing has gone too far, but a study shows it's saving us f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Although treatments and vaccines against COVID-19 may still be months away, antibody tests are becoming more widespread.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 08, 2020
Immunology
Aedes mosquitoes are native of Africa but are commonly found in regions of the Americas, Asia, and the Pacific. These da
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes