A New Hope for Human Malaria Vaccine
Dutch researchers have characterized a large number of parasite proteins that could prove useful in the development of a human malaria vaccine.
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Vaccines
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Once Eradicated, Measles Cases Spike Upward
The 131 reported measles cases occurring in unvaccinated children in 2008 is the highest year-to-date figure since 1996.
Black-Footed Ferrets Line Up to Get Their Shots
For the first time, biologists are vaccinating wild ferrets with an antidote against the sylvatic plague that was developed for humans by the U.S. Army.
Hope for a New Anti-Cancer Vaccine
After researchers vaccinated mice with a protein, the mice developed 90 percent fewer metastases in the liver and 75 percent fewer in the lung, compared with control animals.
Bioterror in Context
How and why the threat of bioterrorism has been so greatly exaggerated. A Miller-McCune interview of UCLA's William R. Clark.
TV Can Turn Public’s Dial
Research suggests entertainment programming on television can and does influence viewers' opinions on public policy issues.