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Vaccine delivers an immune double whammy to fight tuberculosis
Vaccination is a hugely important public health intervention, perhaps the biggest in the history of mankind. While many childhood diseases are now effectively controlled by immunisation programs (as long as parents vaccinate their kids), there is still no effective vaccine … Continue reading
Posted in Bacteria, Disease, Immunology, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines
Tagged adaptive, adenovirus, immunisation, immunity, innate, lung, pathogen, public health, tuberculosis, vaccination, vesicular stomatitis virus
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What makes the smallpox vaccine so great?
Perhaps one of the most incredibly effective vaccines ever used, against smallpox, has completely eradicated a terribly nasty human disease. Yet the way in which vaccinia virus, the live poxvirus contained in the smallpox vaccine, actually orchestrates a protective immune … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Microorganisms, Science, Vaccines
Tagged A33, antibodies, B5, complement, disease, immunity, neutralising, pathogen, smallpox, vaccinia, virus
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Forensic evidence links badgers and cows in British tuberculosis infections
Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a serious disease that threatens the health of livestock, wildlife, and the agricultural economy, particularly in the United Kingdom. Although every cow in the UK is subjected to a yearly bTB test, with those testing positive … Continue reading
Posted in Disease, Ecology, Genetics, Microorganisms, Science
Tagged bacteria, badger, bovine tuberculosis, bTB, cattle, cow, cull, epidemic, forensic, livestock, m. bovis, meles meles, mycobacterium bovis, pathogen, vaccination, whole genome sequencing, wildlife
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Helpful skin bacteria take charge of local immune responses
Humans have evolved a symbiotic relationship with ‘good’ bacteria over the millions of years that both have been around. The gut is the most heavily colonised spot, where bacteria assist in the digestion process and help to regulate immune function, … Continue reading
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