Malaria Vaccine Described As A &quot;Breakthrough&quot;
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For the first time in medical history, scientists have developed a malaria vaccine that has shown promise in a large scale trial conducted in Mozambique.
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A vaccine targeting a deadly strain of meningitis proved to be safe and highly effective in protecting African children, researchers said on Friday, raising hope that it may help prevent epidemics that afflict many African countries.
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Scientists are one step closer to a vaccine against one of the world&#39;s most devastating diseases. Malaria causes more than 300 million cases of illness and claims at least a million lives every year.
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Los Angeles Times - After more than two decades of research, scientists said Thursday that they had found the first effective vaccine against malaria. Trials in Africa showed that the vaccine blocked almost half of new infections in young children and reduced serious disease by nearly 60%.
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Scientists develop a synthetic version of a herb-based drug to treat malaria.
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A new meningitis vaccine offers hope to end devastating epidemics that have plagued West Africa the last century, according to recent studies.
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A British company reported Wednesday it had achieved the best results ever seen on an experimental human vaccine for bird flu and said mass production might be possible by 2007.
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Scientists have taken an important step towards developing an effective malaria vaccine, announcing in today&#39;s edition of the Lancet that a candidate vaccine developed by GlaxoSmithKline will protect a significant number of children.
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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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Now, researchers are pointing to a promising new method -- a shot that prompts an immune reaction to a protein produced in the male reproductive system.
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Scientists believe a chimp virus may hold the clue in the long-running battle to develop a malaria vaccine.
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Scientists said on Wednesday they had  made a breakthrough in the race to develop a drug for the H5N1  bird flu virus if it mutates into a form that can jump from  human to human.
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The first effective malaria vaccine promises to save millions of lives. Scientists were jubilant last Thursday when results of the trial involving children between one and four years in southern Mozambique
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Dec. 13 - There&#39;s hope for a new vaccine for one of the most serious forms of diabetes. British researchers say they&#39;ve discovered a new vaccine that&#39;s about to be tested for the first time.
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&quot;Development of an effective vaccine against malaria is feasible&quot;, declare the researchers who have been working on just such a vaccine in the southern Mozambican district of Manhica.
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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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Early tests of a potential vaccine for malaria show it offers a high level of protection.