Originally posted in Infection Control Today There is an ongoing battle in the “war on terror” that remains mostly unseen to the public — a race between scientists working to develop a vaccine to protect against plague and the terrorists who seek to use plague as a weapon. “Governments remain concerned that bioweapons of aerosolized […]
Key Breakthrough Brings Jab to Beat Cancer a Step Closer
By: Victoria Fletcher 05 November 2010 A CANCER vaccine has come a step nearer thanks to scientists who have identified a type of cell that helps tumours to thrive. Despite repeated attempts to create a cancer vaccine, none has proved fully effective. Now scientists at Cambridge University have discovered why. A successful vaccine works by […]