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Due to the large outbreaks of ZIKA virus-associated disease, the World Health Organization declared ZIKA virus a public health emergency of international concern in early 2016, greatly accelerating the pace of global research into ZIKA virus. Several disease models of Zika virus infection have ...
Viral vectors can be used for the treatment of various diseases such as: muscular, metabolic, hematologic, ophthalmologic, and infectious diseases as well as different types of cancer. ...
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Angela Huttner, M.D., Infectious Disease Consultant, Geneva University Hospitals, and the lead investigator of the study, said, "We are grateful to our volunteers for their critical role in the development of this vaccine, which we hope will be a key player in future Ebola Virus Disease prevention." ...
“Many scientists and public health officials think SARS-CoV-2 is becoming endemic, and we believe Meissa’s intranasal COVID-19 vaccine can contribute to global control of the disease and virus spread,” said Martin Moore, Ph.D., CEO and Cofounder of Meissa Vaccines. ...
Kephera Diagnostics announced today that it has been awarded a two-year, $1,989,300 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), an agency of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to complete the development and launch of a new test for Zika virus infection. ...
Fighting the COVID-19 (Corona Virus Disease) epidemic requires joint efforts! GSN Property Services, the leading German property management provider in China, is using bluebee® to monitor progress of disinfection work. ...
(Oxitec) to field test the use of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a way to reduce populations that serve as a vector for a variety of diseases including Zika virus. The EUP is designed to test the effectiveness of genetically engineered Aedes aegypti mosquitoes as a way to reduce mosquito populations in specific locations with monitoring and ...
Alveo Technologies, a leader in developing novel technologies that enable real-time, low-cost, at-home molecular detection of infectious disease, announced today that it has entered into a research collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (Janssen), one of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, to advance Alveo’s be.well™ platform of ...
In the United States, ticks can transmit serious diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and ehrlichiosis. Mosquitoes can transmit debilitating diseases including West Nile virus, and St. Louis encephalitis. Incidence of these diseases is on the rise. CDC estimates that there are about ...
USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation announce the completion of a funded research project at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., that evaluated a new vaccine to protect again two important diseases. The project is part of the Association’s comprehensive research program encompassing all phases of poultry and egg production and processing. ...
Researchers at the University of Western Australia conducted a review of existing literature, and found that the research gaps include a lack of climate change-scenario modelling for diseases caused by plant viruses, and little information on the effects of drought, flooding and heat waves on plant virus diseases. ...