vaccines

There is no vaccine against this parasitic worm infection, but rhesus macaques’ unique immune system has brought the prospect of a vaccine closer than ever.

Customizable hydrogels could make taking diabetes and cancer medications as well as other biologics easier for patients.

Nonhuman primates treated with the mRNA vaccine recovered faster and had less severe disease than those given available mpox vaccines. 

No pharmaceutical treatments exist for addictions to drugs like cocaine or cannabis. Now, scientists are engineering gene therapies, immunotherapies, and more.

Researchers uncovered the structure of the measles fusion glycoprotein and identified a neutralizing antibody capable of decreasing its virulence.

The durability and capacity to boost protein expression of circular RNA makes it a promising candidate for next-generation vaccines and gene therapies.

In the 1930s, HPV wasn’t on the radar for most scientists.Four decades passed before anyone connected HPV with cervical, penile, or anal cancer, and it took even longer before scientists developed a prophylactic vaccine.

Pioneering approaches transform vaccine technologies and shape the future of disease prevention.

Scientists have appreciated the roles of bacteria in our microbiomes for decades. Now, they’re studying the effects of the trillions of viruses that call the human body home.

For decades, researchers have tried to craft a successful vaccine for HIV. mRNA vaccines may offer the answer.