Experimental malaria vaccine works in babies
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African babies -- the group most at risk of dying from malaria -- may be protected against the mosquito-borne disease by an experimental vaccine, researchers said on Wednesday.
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After about two decades of trying to develop a vaccine against malaria, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals has achieved a breakthrough of sorts.
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The deadly meningitis epidemics that sweep across Africa killing many thousands of children could be ended by a new vaccine which has just been successfully trialled, scientists say today.
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Experts say the findings, outlined in the latest edition of The Lancet medical journal, provide robust evidence that the dream of developing a vaccine that will get babies through the most vulnerable period of infancy could become a reality by the end of
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The announcement of an effective malaria vaccine announced this week could become a life saver in areas of the world where deadly malaria claims millions of lives each year.
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A drug given to pregnant African women in malaria-endemic regions remains effective at preventing malaria's harm to developing babies even as it loses its ability to treat children with the disease, experts said.
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LONDON -- Scientists have made important progress in the quest for a malaria vaccine, showing for the first time that childhood shots can prevent nearly one-third of cases and slash the risk of severe, life-threatening attacks by almost two-thirds.
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Scientists have made important progress in their quest for a malaria vaccine, showing for the first time that childhood shots can prevent nearly one-third of cases and reduce the risk of severe, life-threatening attacks by almost two-thirds.
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For the first time, researchers say, a vaccine against malaria has shown that it can save children from infection or death. The vaccine, tested on thousands of children in Mozambique, was hardly perfect: It
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An experimental vaccine for a common virus that can cause mental retardation and deafness in some newborns yielded encouraging results in guinea pigs and could lead to a human vaccine, scientists said on Wednesday.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria. Nearly two billion people live in areas affected by malaria.
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Using insecticide-treated bednets can nearly halve deaths from malaria among children aged under five, according to a study in Kenya published in Saturday&#39;s Lancet.
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Mice injected with a purified structural protein from the West Nile virus (WNV) develop immunity against infection, new research shows.
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There is progress toward a vaccine to prevent malaria. Researchers have been testing an experimental vaccine in Mozambique. This is what they have found: In a group of one thousand six hundred
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Researchers have hit on what may be an inexpensive way to prevent death from infections in children with HIV until anti-retroviral drugs become affordable in the developing world.
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Encouraging phase II results of a trial to test the efficacy of a malaria vaccine for young children is published in this week&#39;s issue of THE LANCET (pp 1380, 1411).
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The first affordable combination anti-malarial drug tailored for children will soon be available across Africa, potentially saving millions of lives, the nonprofit organization and the pharmaceuticals giant who worked to develop it said Thursday.