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Scripps Research and collaborators find new target for universal influenza vaccine

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews A new antibody discovered in the blood of some people vaccinated against or infected with influenza can recognize a broad variety of flu viruses Scientists at Scripps...

Novel HIV vaccine phase 1 clinical trial testing produces promising results

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A phase 1 clinical trial testing a novel vaccine approach to prevent HIV has produced promising results, IAVI and Scripps Research announced today. The vaccine showed success in stimulating production...

SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies isolated: Developing a treatment, Aid in vaccine design

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Earlier this week, scientists with The Scripps Research Institute announced the discovery of antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2 in...

Scripps researchers isolate powerful coronavirus-neutralizing antibodies from COVID-19 patients and successfully test in animals

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A team led by Scripps Research has discovered antibodies in the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients that provide powerful protection against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease, when...

HIV: Experimental vaccine protects rhesus macaques from infection

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For more than 20 years, scientists at Scripps Research have chipped away at the challenges of designing an HIV vaccine. Now new research, published in Immunity, shows that their experimental vaccine strategy...

Scripps Research scientists unveil promising new HIV vaccine strategy

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A new candidate HIV vaccine from Scripps Research surmounts technical hurdles that stymied previous vaccine efforts, and stimulates a powerful anti-HIV antibody response in animal tests. The new vaccine...

Scripps researchers capture images of antibodies working together against malaria

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Scientists investigating how the human immune system defends against malaria have uncovered a rare phenomenon: antibodies working together to bind to a vulnerable spot on the parasite. The new research,...

Ebola research: Studies show how antibodies can bind to the virus and stop infection

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Two new studies by scientists at Scripps Research are bringing Ebola virus’s weaknesses into the spotlight, showing for the first time exactly how human and mouse antibodies can bind to the virus and...

River blindness: Scripps Research scientists develop non-invasive urine test

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Scientists at Scripps Research have developed a urine diagnostic to detect the parasitic worms that cause river blindness, also called onchocerciasis, a tropical disease that afflicts 18 to 120 million...

Scripps Research scientists receive $12 million for malaria and flu vaccine research

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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute aim to improve flu and malaria vaccines with the support of a new $12 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. With the funding, the Scripps...