All posts tagged "Virus"
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Rio Olympics 2016, or how not to deal with a deadly zika pandemic
For the uninitiated, Plague Inc. is a funereally unsettling yet addictive disease simulator game where the player tries...
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30000-year-old virus discovered in Siberia’s permafrost
Researchers have stumbled upon a prehistoric find – one that involves discovery of a virus that has been...
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MERS vaccine could be on the horizon
A vaccine for the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus could be on the horizon with scientists revealing...
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Study confirms theory that ‘leaky’ vaccines support evolution of dangerous viruses
Researchers have confirmed for the first time ever that ‘leaky’ or ‘imperfect’ vaccines enable viruses to evolve into...
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Early antiretroviral therapy helps suppress HIV and prevents transmission
Researchers have concluded in a decade long clinical trail that early intervention could help suppress HIV as well...
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Tekmira suspends Ebola vaccine development; says will concentrate on HBV instead
Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corporation has announced that it is suspending development of its Ebota vaccine and instead will channel...
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Novel therapy sees viruses kill cancer cells; clinical trials announced
In a development that puts us very close to a possible therapy for cancer, researchers have devised a...
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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games visitors brought measles to B.C.
University of British Columbia researchers have attributed the 2010 measles outbreak in which 84 cases of measures were...
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Researchers just one step away from possible dengue cure
Researchers at an arm’s length from a possible cure or treatment of dengue thanks to a discovery of...
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Are we closing-in on HIV vaccine? New vaccine shows promise in primates
Researchers have revealed success in lab experiments involving non-human primates (NHPs) and a HIV vaccine stating that their...