AI Designed a Universal Coronavirus Vaccine for Viruses Not Yet in Existence
University of Cambridge researchers have developed what they describe as a “fundamentally new” type of vaccine designed exclusively using artificial intelligence (AI), marking the first time a vaccine’s active antigen was created entirely through computational modeling and tested in humans. The vaccine candidate, pEVAC-PS, was developed by DIOSynVax Ltd., a biotechnology company founded out of […]
Study Finds Measles Vaccine Far More Likely to Fail in C-Section Babies
According to a new study published in Nature Microbiology, babies born via Caesarean section (C-section) are likely to fail to respond to one dose of the live attenuated MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. In fact, researchers found it is 2.6 times more likely that the vaccine is ineffective for babies who are born via C-section […]
New Herpes Vaccine Nearing Human Clinical Trials
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently reported that they are close to developing a herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) vaccine for humans. HSV-2 primarily causes genital herpes and is contracted through forms of sexual contact with a person who has HSV-2. An estimated 14 percent of Americans between the ages of 15 and 49 […]