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  Immune System to Fight Brain Tumors

  May 30, 2013 — Research gives hope that one of the most serious types of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, could be fought by the patients’ own immune system. The tumors are difficult to remove with ... > full story
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  Gene Therapy Gives Mice Broad Protection to Pandemic Flu Strains, Including 1918 Flu

  May 29, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new gene therapy to thwart a potential influenza pandemic. They demonstrated that a single dose of an adeno-associated virus expressing a broadly neutralizing flu ... > full story
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  New Flu Strains Prompt Review of Current Research, Call to Redouble Flu Fight

  May 29, 2013 — New flu strains prompt review of current research and a call to redouble the flu ... > full story
• Infectious Diseases
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  Sugar Polymer on Cell Surface of Multiple Pathogens Could Be Key to Developing Broad-Spectrum Vaccine

  May 27, 2013 — Researchers have discovered a sugar polymer that is common on the cell surface of several pathogens. This common sugar molecule makes it a promising target for the development of a broad-spectrum ... > full story
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  Promising Strategy to Help Vaccines Outsmart HIV

  May 24, 2013 — New research highlights an ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly-evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS. The method involves the use of cytomegalovirus as a ... > full story
• HIV and AIDS
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  New Microsphere-Based Methods for Detecting HIV Antibodies

  May 24, 2013 — Detection of HIV antibodies is used to diagnose HIV infection and monitor trials of experimental HIV/AIDS vaccines. New, more sensitive detection systems being developed use microspheres to capture ... > full story
• Mice
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  Vaccine Blackjack: IL-21 Critical to Fight Against Viral Infections

  May 23, 2013 — Scientists have shown that an immune regulatory molecule called IL-21 is needed for long-lasting antibody responses in mice against viral ... > full story
• Influenza
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  Swine Flu Pandemic of 2009 More Deadly for Younger Adults

  May 22, 2013 — As the world prepares for what may be the next pandemic strain of influenza virus, in the H7N9 bird flu, a new study reveals that the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic was deadliest for people under the ... > full story
• Influenza
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  Novel Approach for Influenza Vaccination Shows Promise in Early Animal Testing

  May 22, 2013 — A new approach for immunizing against influenza elicited a more potent immune response and broader protection than the currently licensed seasonal influenza vaccines when tested in mice and ferrets. ... > full story
• Vaccines
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  New Pneumococcal Vaccine Appears to Be as Safe as Previously Used Vaccine, Study Suggests

  May 22, 2013 — The new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine appears to be as safe as the previous version used prior to 2010, the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, according to a new ... > full story

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