In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an international team of researchers report that heterologous vaccination improves the neutralization of severe acute respiratory syndrome ...

The live attenuated flu vaccine (FluMist intranasally) appears more effective than the inactivated vaccine (Fluzone IM), based on a randomized trial of 8,352 immunocompetent children aged 6-59 months ...

This is Part III in a series on the enteroviruses that appear to cause a polio-like neurological disease, Acute Flaccid Myelitis. Hopefully we can use what we have learned from both the success and ...

A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live viruses as vaccines. However, the usefulness of traditional live-attenuated ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that an attenuated (weakened) virus can help eliminate cancer in mice. In addition, mice that were treated with this virus were more resistant to ...

The live attenuated vaccines segment accounted for a market share of almost 40% in the global veterinary market in 2016. Live virus vaccines are prepared from attenuated microbial strains that are ...