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Oxford University performs second phase of experimental Ebola vaccine trial

2015-07-15 18:58:50| Biotech - Topix.net

Oxford University doctors and scientists are performing the second phase of clinical studies of an experimental Ebola vaccine regimen. The study is part of the EBOVAC2 project, a collaborative programme involving the University of Oxford, French Institute of Health and Medical Research as project coordinator, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , Le Centre Muraz , Inserm Transfert and the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson .

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Caveats, costs and complexities shadow first malaria vaccine

2015-07-14 20:08:34| Biotech - Topix.net

March 15, 2014: A child sick with malaria and from malnutrition lies on a bed in a hospital in Bor. It's a showpiece drug that has the potential to end a disease that kills half a million African children a year.

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Ag Groups Ask Senate Ag Committee For Solution To Vaccine Shortages

2015-07-14 10:42:12| Livestock - Topix.net

AG GROUPS ASK SENATE AG COMMITTEE FOR SOLUTION TO VACCINE SHORTAGES Jul. 14, 2015 Feedstuffs magazine reports: Agriculture organizations urged the Senate Committee on Agriculture to quickly find a solution for a vaccine shortage that could have devastating effects on the United States livestock community. There isn't enough Foot and Mouth Disease vaccine available to handle an outbreak beyond a very small localized event within the livestock community.

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Vaccine for West Nile Virus enters human clinical trials

2015-07-06 22:44:55| Biotech - Topix.net

A clinical trial of a new investigational vaccine designed to protect against West Nile Virus infection will be sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases , part of the National Institutes of Health. The experimental vaccine was discovered and developed by scientists at the Oregon National Primate Research Center at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

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