An investigational vaccine, mRNA-1273, designed to protect against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), was generally well tolerated and prompted neutralizing antibody activity in healthy adults, according …read more Source:: Science
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Antibodies from llamas could help in fight against COVID-19, study suggests
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•Researchers linked two copies of a special kind of antibody produced by llamas to create a new antibody that binds tightly to a key protein on the coronavirus that causes …read more Source:: Science
Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus
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•Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Biologists developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the insects that spread dengue. …read more Source:: Science
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
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•The common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody target site on the virus surface, rendering the flu vaccine less effective in humans. …read more Source:: Science
Early study finds antibody that ‘neutralizes’ Zika virus
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•Researchers have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus, report scientists. Zika is believed to cause microcephaly, unusually small heads, …read more Source:: Science
New antibody therapy permanently blocks HIV-like SIV infection in monkeys
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•An effective treatment strategy against the HIV-like Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV) in rhesus macaques has been developed by an international research team. …read more Source:: Science