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UTI Oral Vaccine Offers Promising Alternative to Antibiotics

An oral vaccine against recurrent UTIs could reduce the need for antibiotic treatment.
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Stool Transplant Improves Motor Function in Parkinson's Disease Patients

Fecal microbiota transplantation improves motor symptoms in Parkinson’s disease patients after 12 months. That's according to data from the GUT-PARFECT trial that recruited 46 Parkinson's disease patient.
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T-Cell Deficiency in Older Adults Impacts Vaccination Response

A study has found older adults’ weaker immune response can be attributed to their relative deficiency in a specific type of T cell. This deficiency has been shown to account for poorer vaccination responses in the older population.
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CAR-MSCs Could Treat a Broad Spectrum of Autoimmune Diseases

Mayo Clinic scientists have developed an immunotherapy strategy that utilizes CAR-MSCs. The approach shows potential in targeting inflammatory disease sites more precisely and improving immunosuppression and healing outcomes.
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Potential Achilles Heel Identified in Global Frog-Killing Fungus

Engineering a virus that infects a frog-killing fungus could be the answer to controlling the spread of disease and saving the amphibians.
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Designing a Vaccine To Block “Zombie Drug” Xylazine

Scripps Research chemical biologists have developed a vaccine to block the effects of xylazine’s toxicity. The vaccine works by training the immune system to attack the drug, which is described in a new paper published in Chemical Communications.
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Immunotherapy Clears Amyloid Plaques in Alzheimer’s Mouse Model

Researchers have found a different and promising way to remove the noxious amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease: by directly mobilizing immune cells to consume them.
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Melanoma Vaccine Offers Improved Survival for Men

A second-generation melanoma vaccine improves long-term survival, particularly for men, a new study shows.
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More Broadly Protective Potential Coronavirus Vaccine Developed

The mRNA vaccines developed through the federal government's "Operation Warp Speed" program were a massive innovation; however, annually updating those boosters for specific SARS-CoV-2 variants is inefficient for scientists and patients.
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Antibody Target Identified Against Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus

CCHFV poses a threat to U.S. military personnel and hospital staff as well as residents of a growing number of countries, says UC Riverside biomedical scientist.
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