MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria. The new particles, described in the Feb. 20 issue of Nature Materials, consist of concentric fatty spheres that can carry synthetic versions of proteins normally produced by viruses. These synthetic particles elicit […]
Research opens door to vaccines that can circumvent maternal antibodies
By Emily Caldwell COLUMBUS, Ohio – New research that reveals how maternal antibodies block an immune response to the measles virus is a first step toward improving current childhood vaccination practices, scientists say. Maternal antibodies are passed to fetuses during pregnancy and to newborns in their mothers’ milk. The antibodies protect infants against disease in […]
9 Questions That Stump Every Pro-Vaccine Advocate and Their Claims
David Mihalovic, ND Since the flu pandemic was declared, there have been several so-called “vaccine experts” coming out of the wood work attempting to justify the effectiveness of vaccines. All of them parrot the same ridiculous historical and pseudoscientific perspectives of vaccinations which are easily squelched with the following 9 questions. Claim: The study of […]
NIH Funding Bioterror Vaccines
Posted in ‘Drug Discovery & Development 08 October 2010 The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced three new contracts to fund research on vaccines to protect against emerging infectious diseases and biological threats that could be used in a terror attack. Each project focuses on […]
Flu Research to Examine Pregnancy Vaccination/Benefit to Infant
Posted in the Daily News Journal 27 September 2010 Nashville — The Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program is looking for dozens of pregnant women to participate in research on the use of flu vaccine. The study will evaluate the immune responses to the influenza vaccine in both mother and infant. Vanderbilt is one of several sites […]
