Friday, September 30, 2011

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News

ScienceDaily: Biotechnology News


Unprecedented insight into fighting viral infections

Posted: 29 Sep 2011 01:13 PM PDT

Researchers have determined the structure of a protein that is the first line of defense in fighting viral infections including influenza, hepatitis C, West Nile, rabies and measles.

MVA-B Spanish HIV vaccine shows 90 percent immune response in humans

Posted: 28 Sep 2011 07:57 AM PDT

Phase I clinical trials developed by Spanish researchers reveals MVA-B preventive vaccine's immune efficiency against human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). 90% of the volunteers who went through the tests developed an immunological response against the virus and 85% has kept this response for at least one year, according to researchers.

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