New Universal Flu Vaccine Offers Broad Protection Against Influenza A Virus Infections
A new universal flu vaccine constructed with key parts of the influenza virus offers broad cross protection against different strains ...
Tag: H7N9
Two Vaccines Against H7N9 Influenza Viruses Show Safety and Immunogenicity in Ferrets
This paper was originally published in Vaccines and is being distributed by Global Biodefense under the terms of the Creative ...
InDevR Launches Potency Test Kit for Pandemic Flu Vaccines
To enable a rapid vaccine response during a severe outbreak or pandemic, there is a pressing need for a potency ...
Promising Results in H7N9 Prime-Boost Vaccine Trial
With hopes of making one dose of an inactivated H7N9 vaccine fully protective, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy ...
Adjuvants Improve Immune Response to H7N9 Flu Vaccine
In a phase 2 trial that included nearly 1,000 adults, the AS03 and MF59 adjuvants increased the immune responses to ...
Vaccines Developed for H7N9, H5N1 Flu Strains
A recent study with Kansas State University researchers details vaccine development for two new strains of avian influenza found in ...
Study Maps Travel of H7 Influenza Genes
Influenza has a long history of being one of the most deadly diseases to afflict humanity, but what exactly makes ...
Avoiding Complacency When Assessing Pandemic Threat
As our ability to assess the pandemic risk from strains of influenza virus increases with the latest scientific developments, we ...
H7N9 Avian Flu Vaccine Better with Adjuvant
An experimental vaccine to protect people against H7N9 avian influenza prompted immune responses in 59 percent of volunteers who received ...
Biodefense Headlines – July 6, 2014
DoD broadens, updates strategy for countering WMD | Anthrax? That’s not the real worry | Resurgence of vaccine-preventable childhood diseases ...
Biodefense Headlines – June 1, 2014
Global health leaders again put off verdict on eliminating smallpox | Ebola cases in Sierra Leone triple, to 50 | ...
H7N9 Influenza Rapid Detection Test Authorized for Emergency Use
Arbor Vita Corporation (AVC), a privately held company, announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...
NIAID Awards $5.3 Million for Influenza POC Diagnostic System
Seattle Children’s Research Institute recently announced that Tim Rose, PhD, co-director of the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, in ...
CDC Issues Recommendations for Avian Influenza A (H7N9)
The Centers for Disease Control recently issued updated guidance for patients who should be tested for avian influenza A (H7N9) ...
Emerging Influenza A(H7N9) Virus Not Adapted to Efficient Human-to-Human Transmission
The avian H7N9 influenza virus that emerged earlier this year in China is poorly adapted for sustained transmission between humans, ...
Genetic Defect Provides Resistance to Influenza
Influenza Virus, magnified by electron microscopy. Credit: HZI/Rohde A new study published in the scientific journal PLOS Pathogens demonstrates that ...
Theraclone Announces Positive Results for Universal Flu Drug
Theraclone Sciences, Inc., a therapeutic antibody discovery and development company based in Seattle, Wa., recently announced results from a Phase ...
Influenza Drug Under DoD Development Completes Second Clinical Trial
The successful completion of a Phase 2 double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial for the anti-influenza drug T-705a clears the way for Phase 3 ...
Food Additive May Prevent Spread of Deadly New Avian Flu
A common food additive can block a deadly new strain of avian influenza virus from infecting healthy cells, report researchers ...
Scientists Describe Genesis, Evolution of H7N9 Influenza Virus
An international team of influenza researchers in China, the United Kingdom and the United States has used genetic sequencing to ...
