[SaneVax: Not all research is equally reliable – particularly when it comes to vaccines. Health ‘authorities’ around the globe say one thing while current science often indicates quite the opposite. Anyone who tries to open up a debate on vaccine safety or efficacy quickly finds out just how taboo the subject is. As long as the […]
Targeted DNA Vaccine Using an Electric Pulse
By Yngve Vogt. ScienceDaily (Jan. 30, 2012) — The vaccines of the future against infections, influenza and cancer can be administered using an electrical pulse and a specially produced DNA code from the University of Oslo. The DNA code programs the body’s own cells to produce a super-fast missile defence against the disease. Researchers at the University […]
An Addiction Vaccine, Tantalizingly Close
The New York Times By DOUGLAS QUENQUA Published: October 3, 2011 SAN DIEGO — Imagine a vaccine against smoking: People trying to quit would light up a cigarette and feel nothing. Or a vaccine against cocaine, one that would prevent addicts from enjoying the drug’s high. Though neither is imminent, both are on the drawing […]
Final countdown: Atlantis to carry next-generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage
By Joseph Castermeyer On July 8, at approximately 11:26 a.m. EDT, the space shuttle Atlantis will streak skyward from the Kennedy Space Center’s launch pad 39A, for one last mission. While the STS-135 flight marks the end of the space shuttle’s glory days, its final trip may open a new era of research into infectious […]
New Foundation will advocate and campaign for increased funding for global vaccine research against infectious diseases, including neglected tropical diseases
Source: PR Newswire WASHINGTON, June 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Fourteen leading scientists and advocacy experts in vaccines and infectious diseases have announced the formation of a new international Foundation to advance and accelerate vaccine research and development against infectious diseases. The Foundation for Vaccine Research will be headquartered in Washington, DC. The Foundation’s mission is […]
