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Novel Zika virus vaccine shows success in pre-clinical trials
A new VLP-based Zika virus vaccine is able to protect mice completely from infection, researchers have found.
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The development of biomaterial-based vaccine platforms against viruses
Recent years have seen an increase in the development of biomaterial and nanoparticle-based vaccine formulations. Sushma Kumari, Sonal Asthana and Kaushik Chatterjee from the Department of Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science discuss why these materials have such high potential in the fight against infectious diseases.
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Drug Target Review Vaccine Development ebook 2021
This ebook includes articles discussing why biomaterial and nanoparticle-based formulations could lead to the next generation of vaccines and exploring how a new rhinovirus vaccine showed promise in pre-clinical studies.
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Broad T-cell responses: designing a rhinovirus vaccine
The multiple serotypes of rhinovirus have presented difficulties for vaccine developers. Now, a team led by Professor Gary McLean from London Metropolitan University and Imperial College London, alongside Professor Sebastian Johnston from Imperial, has formulated a potential vaccine. Nikki Withers spoke to McLean to discover how the vaccine works and…
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CD8+ T cells recognise recent SARS-CoV-2 variants, scientists say
Researchers have revealed that T cells in blood samples from people who recovered from COVID-19 responded to SARS-CoV-2 variants.
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Application note: Metagenomic analysis of the microbiome with MagMAX
The isolation of microbial DNA is a key prerequisite for determining the microbiome profile of each body habitat.
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Scientists find evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells in mouth
Researchers have shown that SARS-CoV-2 infects mouth cells, which could inform the development of treatments against the oral symptoms of COVID-19.
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Novel label-free assay developed to profile immune response to infection
Researchers have created an immune assay that can profile host immune responses to infection and is faster than current methods.
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Nanoparticle vaccine shown to block range of flu strains in pre-clinical study
A new vaccine formulated with nanoparticles protected animal models from a variety of seasonal and pandemic influenza strains.
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Whitepaper: Simple Western™ produces publication-ready results
Simple Western™ is an automated capillary immunoassay that produces publication-ready data to meet the highest standards of data integrity and rigor.
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SARS-CoV-2 variants: the role of sequencing and vaccine development
Professor Martin Michaelis and Dr Mark Wass explain why new SARS-CoV-2 variants are emerging around the world and how vaccines will have to adapt in response.
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Catalogue: Nuclease-Free tubes, tips & buffers
Working with RNA requires rigorous nuclease contamination controls in place. Stock up on Nuclease-Free tubes tips and buffers #Back2Lab
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Spike protein analysis explains faster spread of SARS-CoV-2 variants
Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers have imaged how the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein changes with the D614G mutation to enable faster spread of infection.
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Brochure: Dynabeads manual and automated SARS-CoV-2 enrichment
Achieve intact SARS-CoV-2 virus enrichment products. You only need a centrifuge, and the intact virus is enriched in less than 3 hours with very little hands-on time.
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Catalogue: KingFisher APEX is the pinnacle of automated extraction
KingFisher APEX is our newest instrument for automation workflows for high throughput DNA and RNA extraction. With precision handling and touch screen interface.
