Vaccines

Researchers analyzed the ability of three different types of milk – breast milk, cow's milk, and artificial formula – to increase intestinal permeability to nanoparticles and macromolecules, which could allow for the future ingestion of RNA vaccines and drugs.

Drinkable Vaccination

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Researchers at the Technion are developing a platform that will allow vaccines and drugs to be consumed by swallowing instead of by injection. Inspiration: Breast milk
The Anopheles mosquito, the carrier of malaria. Image: depositphotos.com

A vaccine bite: a breakthrough in the fight against malaria

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A new study offers a unique approach to malaria prevention: the use of mosquitoes carrying a genetically modified parasite, which enhances the immune system's ability to recognize and fight the deadly disease
From the right: Dr. Erez Shmoeli, Dr. Yiftach Gefner and Prof. Dan Yamin. Photo: Tel Aviv University spokesperson

Is the vaccine safe? Ask the sensor!

Modern technology will make it possible to determine the safety of vaccines using smart sensors
An African boy hangs reusable protective masks against corona to dry. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Experts claim: the effectiveness of the corona vaccine decreases in those suffering from iron deficiency

Is there a connection between iron deficiency and anemia and the effectiveness of the corona vaccine and other vaccines? A team of researchers from the world's leading universities claim that yes * The solution is adding iron to food which will also make it possible to combat anemia
Corona vaccine. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Moderna reports receiving FDA approval for the company's COVID-19 vaccine

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Moderna reported on Friday the receipt of FDA approval for the company's COVID-19 vaccine in the US, which will also be followed by approval for the vaccine in Israel as happened with Pfizer's vaccine last week
Corona vaccine illustration: depositphotos.com

The FDA granted emergency approval for Pfizer and Biotech's corona vaccine

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On Friday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older. It is now expected that the Ministry of Health will approve the vaccine for emergency use in Israel as well
Combined vaccine for corona and measles. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Idea for a double vaccine: inserting the corona protein into a weakened measles virus

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American and German researchers came up with an original idea for the development of a vaccine for the corona virus - introducing the "spikes" protein of the corona virus into a weakened measles virus and making the vaccine a double
The process of developing the corona vaccine. Public relations photography, Moderna

Moderna applies to the FDA for emergency approval for the vaccine

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Moderna announces the analysis of preliminary efficacy findings in the results of the phase 3 trial of its COVE vaccine for the treatment of COVID-19 as well as the submission of the trial findings for emergency approval by the FDA
Vaccines for babies. Illustration: depositphotos.com

"The higher the response rate to routine vaccinations, the lower the mortality rate from corona"

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A new study conducted at the Safed Academic College reveals that the more children are vaccinated in the general population in a certain country, then the death rates among those infected with the corona in that country are lower
vaccinations. Illustration: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

A new study carried out at Ichilov and Tel Aviv University found: the vaccines are safe

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Measles symptoms. Illustration: shutterstock

Measles erases immune memory of other diseases

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Lymphoid organ in the small intestine. In red: accumulations of type B immune cells within the "training sites". In green - cells secreting antibodies after leaving the training sites and migrating to the intestinal tissues. Courtesy of Prof. Ziv Shulman, Weizmann Institute

New research may advance the development of vaccines to be given orally

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Photo from a malaria vaccination project in the Solomon Islands. Source: Jeremy Miller, AusAID, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Flickr.

I know you from where?

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Carl Landsteiner. From Wikipedia

148 years since the birth of Karl Landsteiner - the discoverer of blood types and the forefathers of the field of immunology

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food allergy. Illustration: shutterstock

Overreaction

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Viruses try to penetrate the body and challenge the immune system. Illustration: shutterstock

Three immune system researchers were awarded the 2015 Wolf Prize in Medicine

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Vaccination. Illustration: shutterstock

Signs of whooping cough / Tara Hal

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Human papillomavirus (HPV). Photo: shutterstock

Sex, cancer, and our children - why it is important to vaccinate against papilloma

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T cell in the bloodstream. Illustration: shutterstock

Getting closer to a universal flu vaccine

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Edward Jenner. From Wikipedia (free image)

The cow that defeated the black death

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Dendritic cell, from Wikipedia

Personalized medicine will enable the development of vaccines against cancerous tumors

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Brazil nuts contain an allergenic protein - an allergy factor. Transferring the gene coding for this protein to another plant makes it also allergenic. From Project Gutenberg

Exposure therapy for allergies / Marisa Fessenden

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Influenza virus strain A. From Wikipedia

Forum - The goal: the super-distributors / Katelyn A. Ryan

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An illustration of what happens when an allergen hits a tissue. From Wikipedia

A new substance for allergy prevention

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Schematic Figure 1: An antibody, including two 'hands' and one 'leg'. Image source: Wikipedia.

So what do you do there at the university? Chapter 11: Reduce, but wisely; On antibody arrays for substance detection and medical diagnosis

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Dr. Nir Friedman, Weizmann Institute

Affirmative action

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Ben-Zvi Barracks in Kibbutz Beit Keshet in the Lower Galilee. From Wikipedia

The danger in Kibbutz Beit Keshet: a place where children are not vaccinated, where pregnant women are afraid to go

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A child with whooping cough during an attack. From Wikipedia

A whooping cough epidemic has hit unvaccinated people in the northeastern US

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On the left: a natural inhibitor (in red) controls the enzyme (gray) by blocking the zinc pool (in yellow) in the cleft where the active site of the enzyme is located. Right: A novel antibody (in purple) works as efficiently as the natural inhibitor. Illustration: Weizmann Institute

An innovative approach to the treatment of autoimmune diseases prevents disease symptoms in mice

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Prof. Raymond Kempfer, Hebrew University

Researchers from the Hebrew University have for the first time found a way to stop deadly toxins

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The pneumococcus bacterium. From Wikipedia

The cessation of vaccinations in Japan - and why one should be careful of drawing hasty conclusions

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A child receives vaccinations. From the website of the Federal Health Authority in the USA

The research linking vaccines to autism was not just sloppy, it was deliberately falsified

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Dr. Ron Babkov CEO of Biondwax

Biondvax won an innovation award for the development of a universal flu vaccine

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And plastic artificial testicles like the ones pictured below are capable of fighting everything from viral infection to allergens in the bloodstream. Photo: University of California at Irvine

Plastic antibodies are able to fight antigens in the body like real antibodies

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immune system cells. Source: Wikimedia Commons

Rambam and Harvard Medical School are launching a joint research program: a cancer vaccine

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A child receives vaccinations. From the website of the Federal Health Authority in the USA

Is it possible to hide in a herd?

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B cells. Image: University of Pennsylvania

The rapid mutations of B cells

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XNUMXD visualization of the influenza virus. From Wikipedia

Naswax has signed with Novartis to develop improved vaccines for influenza

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A child receives vaccinations. From the website of the Federal Health Authority in the USA

The Lanzet magazine repeats it: the article that claimed the connection between the triple vaccine and autism was deleted from the archive

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A child receives vaccinations. From the website of the Federal Health Authority in the USA

Does the triple vaccine cause autism? New research shows just the opposite

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