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Biodegradable microspheres deliver time release vaccines, stimulate different immune response

...noculations to be most effective, such as tetanus, whooping cough and chicken pox. "The slow release mechanism of the polymers means that vaccines that currently require multiple doses might need only need a single dose in the future," says Wilson-Welder. Secondly, the finding that vaccine adjuvants ca...

Scientists discover toxin that causes gastro disease

...s toxin belongs to the family of toxins that cause whooping cough, a very serious bacterial infection that affects children," Dr Beddoe said. He said the research breakthrough may also provide insights into the development of age-related and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer'...

Duke to test bird flu vaccine dosing

... pediatric and adult vaccines, including those for whooping cough, hepatitis A and hepatitis B. As with current flu vaccines given yearly in the U.S., the H5N1 vaccine causes the body's immune system to make antibodies to fight infection. In previous studies with this vaccine, two doses were necessary to sti...

Pretreating rogue cancer cells with aspirin cripples their resistance to targeted therapy

... pond in Mississippi, and six sites in Hawaii. The whooping crane and the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker are two spectacular American species that qualify for inclusion. Particular concentrations of sites are also found in the Andes of South America, in Brazil's Atlantic Forests, throughout the...

New study pinpoints epicenters of Earth's imminent extinctions

... pond in Mississippi, and six sites in Hawaii. The whooping crane and the recently rediscovered ivory-billed woodpecker are two spectacular American species that qualify for inclusion. Particular concentrations of sites are also found in the Andes of South America, in Brazil's Atlantic Forests, throughout the...

Removing egg from nest may help save endangered whooping crane

Removing an egg from the endangered whooping crane's nest increases the species chances of surv...emoving from Wood Buffalo National Park one of two whooping crane eggs laid and raising it in a "foster-parenting" program. Cranes usually rear a single chick a...

Chemical Engineer Kao Explores Antibiotic Synthesis With DNA Chips

... antibiotic given to treat bronchitis, diphtheria, whooping cough, pneumonia and other conditions. Reverse engineering involves taking something apart to see how it works. For Kao, it means asking how one strain of Saccharopolyspora erythraea produces ten times the erythromycin of normal strains. The answer,...

Bobbing birds do it for a reason

...nt Wildlife Research Center, observed how foraging whooping cranes control head-bobbing as they search for foo...an 50% of the time. In other words, when foraging, whooping cranes favor visual fixation. This result strongly suggests that visual fixation not only removes m...

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