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DNA Nanotechnology Could Make Pharmaceutical Development One Million Times Faster
A new DNA nanotechnology approach could speed up the development of vaccines and other pharmaceutical products by more than one million times while minimizing costs.
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Volcano Virus Inspires New Ways To Deliver Drugs and Vaccines
The structure of a virus found in hot volcanic springs has helped reveal how the protein shell that surrounds viral DNA alters its shape, potentially opening doors to new drug delivery mechanisms.
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Exploring COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution and Waste
Researchers are rolling out a data set that provides detailed information on COVID-19 vaccine shipments and wastage across the United States, with the goal of spurring new data analysis to improve vaccination efforts in the future.
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Non-Menstruating People Report Menstrual Symptoms After COVID-19 Vaccination
Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis recently conducted an online survey on menstrual experiences post-vaccination, focusing their attention on a subset of responses that came from individuals that typically do not menstruate. We interviewed lead author Dr. Katharine Lee to dig into the key results.
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Potential Protein Targets for New Immunotherapies Against Colon Cancer
TU Dresden researchers have identified proteins that could be targeted to develop new immunotherapies against colon cancer. Their results also underline the central role of intestinal bacteria in the development of the disease.
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Why Women's Health Research Needs To Move on From "Bikini Medicine"
A new study has found that women’s health research remains disproportionately focused on the reproductive years - particularly on pregnancy – with few articles on the major causes of illness and death in women.
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Researchers Ask: Should COVID-19 Vaccines and Drugs Be Not-for-Profit?
In The BMJ, Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a consultant in global health policy and access to medicines, argues that the pandemic offers a chance for governments to retain control by sharing knowledge and waiving intellectual property rules.
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Universal Flu Vaccine Yields Positive Results When Tested in Mice
A new platform has been designed to deliver a universal influenza vaccine candidate to immune cells and the results in mice are suggesting that the immunization effectively protects against multiple flu strains.
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Synthetic Antibiotics Capable of Killing “Superbugs” Could Save Millions of Lives
University of Liverpool scientists have taken a significant step towards unlocking the medical potential of a new class of potent antibiotic capable of killing "superbugs" including MRSA without detectable resistance.
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Previous COVID-19 Infection Linked to Accelerated Immune Response After First Vaccine Dose
Scientists have shown that responses to the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine differ significantly in individuals based on whether or not they were previously infected with SARS-CoV-2.
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