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Zika virus: No vaccine for women before 2020, says WHO
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New Delhi: Researchers have been working hard to find cures for several lethal diseases that medical science is not able to make a breakthrough at the moment.While many of their researches have yielded promising results, helping people achieve better quality of life, the quest to find cures remain a paramount task for scientists worldwide.Similarly, a number of research has been carried out on Zika to better understand the virus' natural history and evolution, viral biology, transmission and pathogenesis as well as the creation of vaccines and drugs.
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New Zika vaccine candidate protects mice and monkeys with a single dose: Results from study highlight the promise of mRNA-based vaccines and therapies -- ScienceDaily
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A new Zika vaccine candidate has the potential to protect against the virus with a single dose, according to a research team led by scientists from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.As reported in Nature this week, preclinical tests showed promising immune responses in both mice and monkeys."We observed rapid and durable protective immunity without adverse events, and so we think this candidate vaccine represents a promising strategy for the global fight against Zika virus," said senior author Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, a professor of Infectious Disease at Penn.
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No women's Zika vaccine likely before 2020: WHO
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The Associated PressAbout forty potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.WHO director Margaret Chan said the virus, linked to deformations in babies' heads and brains, remained "firmly entrenched" in large parts of the world.Although progress toward effective prevention has been made, with some drugs now in clinical trials, "a vaccine judged safe enough for use in women of childbearing age may not be fully licensed before 2020," Chan said.
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Single-dose Zika vaccine works in animals: study
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A research specialist tests body fluids from rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the Zika virus searching for evidence of the virus in 2016An innovative vaccine made from genetic material protected lab animals from the Zika virus in experiments, scientists reported Thursday, calling it a "promising" lead in fighting the threat to humans.A single, low dose of the vaccine shielded mice exposed to Zika five months after the shot, they reported in the journal Nature.Monkeys exposed five weeks after they were innoculated were also not affected by the virus.
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Florida awards grants for Zika research, vaccine development
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In this Jan. 27, 2016, file photo, an Aedes aegypti mosquito known to carry the Zika virus, is photographed through a microscope at the Fiocruz institute in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil.(AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) (Photo: Felipe Dana, AP)TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ten universities and research institutions in Florida have been awarded grants to speed up development of a Zika vaccine, devise new testing methods and study the long-term impacts of the mosquito-borne virus.Rick Scott announced the 34 grant awards Wednesday in Tampa.
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