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Vaccine Development
Vaccine development is a process in which vaccines are researched, run through clinical trials, and assessed for safety and effectiveness of an infectious disease. The development process often takes years before a vaccine gets government approval.
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MAR 10, 2023Health & Medicine
While the world became very familiar with mRNA vaccines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have been around ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2023Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers investigated a two-pronged immunotherapy approach that eliminates metastatic breast cancer in mice. The corr ...Written By: Annie LennonMAR 08, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization has maintained the status of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a public health emergen ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2023Microbiology
Estimates vary, but Streptococcus pyogenes infections may be responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 people every yea ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 01, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
This past flu season, three main viruses were going around: influenza, coronavirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. We& ...Written By: Greta AnneFEB 21, 2023Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
A new paper in Nature Partner Journals Vaccines sets the path for non-shark-based vaccines. Thanks to research ...Written By: Amielle MorenoFEB 04, 2023Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 03, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 02, 2023Drug Discovery & Development
This relative of the six Ebola virus species has no known treatment. Now, a new vaccine is showing promise.Written By: Amielle MorenoFEB 01, 2023Microbiology
Even after decades of research, the cause of the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is unclear. Evidence ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 26, 2023Immunology
"Original antigenic sin" is a phenomenon that was identified in 1960; it refers to s situation in which the im ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 25, 2023Microbiology
Research has shown that when fetuses and pregnant women are exposed to viruses, there is an increased risk of neurologic ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 11, 2023Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways ...Written By: Ryan VingumJAN 06, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po ...Written By: Kerry CharronJAN 04, 2023Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can ...Written By: Zoe MichaudJAN 03, 2023Health & Medicine
German company BioNTech has announced their "aim to develop the first mRNA-based vaccine for malaria prevention." As par ...Written By: Amielle MorenoDEC 30, 2022Cancer
As we near the end of 2022, and enter our fourth year of facing COVID-19 (so named because of it’s emergence in 20 ...Written By: Katie KokolusDEC 12, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c ...Written By: Zoe MichaudDEC 11, 2022Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 09, 2022Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2023
Health & Medicine
While the world became very familiar with mRNA vaccines because of the COVID-19 pandemic, mRNA vaccines have been around
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2023
Health & Medicine
Researchers assessed data from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, which included about 14 million individuals, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers investigated a two-pronged immunotherapy approach that eliminates metastatic breast cancer in mice. The corr
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 08, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
The World Health Organization has maintained the status of mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) as a public health emergen
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2023
Microbiology
Estimates vary, but Streptococcus pyogenes infections may be responsible for the deaths of over 500,000 people every yea
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
This past flu season, three main viruses were going around: influenza, coronavirus, and respiratory syncytial virus. We&
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
FEB 21, 2023
Immunology
Long COVID still affects many people who had a case of COVID-19; even people who had mild cases and were not hospitalize
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
A new paper in Nature Partner Journals Vaccines sets the path for non-shark-based vaccines. Thanks to research
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 04, 2023
Health & Medicine
The pandemic virus SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause infections as it mutates into new variants. While the vaccines that are
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 03, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a gene is active, cellular machinery transcribes that gene into a molecule called messenger RNA. A variety of modif
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 02, 2023
Drug Discovery & Development
This relative of the six Ebola virus species has no known treatment. Now, a new vaccine is showing promise.
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
FEB 01, 2023
Microbiology
Even after decades of research, the cause of the most common form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease, is unclear. Evidence
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2023
Immunology
"Original antigenic sin" is a phenomenon that was identified in 1960; it refers to s situation in which the im
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 25, 2023
Microbiology
Research has shown that when fetuses and pregnant women are exposed to viruses, there is an increased risk of neurologic
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Smallpox is one of the worst diseases humanity has ever faced, and it has many distinctions. The first vaccine that was
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 11, 2023
Plants & Animals
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have studied the virus with a near singular purpose: finding ways
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
JAN 06, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers at the University of British Colombia’s Life Sciences Institute have identified a compound that can po
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JAN 04, 2023
Clinical & Molecular DX
Scientists have developed a new, targeted strategy to eliminate brain tumors and prevent future recurrences of brain can
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
JAN 03, 2023
Health & Medicine
German company BioNTech has announced their "aim to develop the first mRNA-based vaccine for malaria prevention." As par
...
Written By:
Amielle Moreno
DEC 30, 2022
Cancer
As we near the end of 2022, and enter our fourth year of facing COVID-19 (so named because of it’s emergence in 20
...
Written By:
Katie Kokolus
DEC 12, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Chikungunya virus is a mosquito-borne illness, meaning it is spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. The virus can c
...
Written By:
Zoe Michaud
DEC 11, 2022
Immunology
About 30,000 people are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes every year in the United States, and it's a common chronic diseas
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 09, 2022
Health & Medicine
The CDC has estimated that over 40% of Americans have been infected with COVID-19, and about half probably do not know t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch