Researchers create personalised vaccines for patients with advanced melanoma A study has revealed that targeting patient-specific markers in advanced melanoma tumours effectively triggers an immune response.…
Study provides insight into why PPI users benefit from calcium supplements Researchers have identified a gene, Snx10, whose expression is required both in the bone and stomach to maintain normal gastric acidification and calcium absorption.…
Prevenar 13 vaccine prevents pneumococcal disease in older adults Pfizer’s 13-valent polysaccharide conjugate vaccine Prevenar 13 has demonstrated efficacy against pneumococcal disease in older adults.…
Mandatory vaccination will protect all citizens We cannot allow freedom of choice to endanger the lives of whole populations, so governments need to step up efforts to enforce vaccinations.…
Ebola vaccine based on 2014 virus strain is safe, trial shows Chinese researchers have developed a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vector-based Ebola vaccine shown to be safe and “robustly immunogenic” in a phase I study.…
Superdrug is first retailer in the world to sell DNA testing kit in store Superdrug has become the first retailer in the world to sell the 23andMe DNA testing kit in its stores, with the product positioned to reach as many customers as possible.…
UK to become first country to offer meningococcal B vaccine to babiesThe meningococcal B (MenB) vaccine is to be added to the UK’s national childhood immunisation programme, likely from September 2015.…
Icelandic genome sequencing project reveals insights into disease susceptibilityA human genome sequencing project conducted among the population of Iceland has revealed important new insights into human evolution and susceptibility to disease.…
Nucleic acids made into furry nanoballs modulate immune system Short nucleic acids mounted on to nanoparticles could prove to be novel immunomodulators, according to research published in PNAS.…
How the leopard got his spots: Turing’s theoryAlthough Rudyard Kipling had a fictional reason for why leopards have spots, computer science pioneer Alan Turing discovered the real explanation.…