Putting Immunity in a Test Tube

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To streamline vaccine research and hasten the eradication of global killers, such as AIDS, VaxDesign company has created a simulated human immune system, called the Modular Immune in Vitro Construct (MIMIC for short). The dime-sized immune systems can predict how humans will respond to new vaccines.

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Work Gives Clues To Chlamydia Vaccine

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Researchers may soon be able to develop a vaccine for chlamydia, the most common sexually transmitted bacteria in the world.

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh said that they found a strain of the disease that does not cause damage to an infected animal in testing.

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Sports-mad Aussies lead unhealthy lives

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Australians are struggling to live up to their reputation as an outdoor-loving, sports-obsessed nation, according to new research which shows most people are not getting enough exercise or proper nutrition.

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Cocaine in pregnancy has lasting effect on kids

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New research suggests, children who were exposed to cocaine in the womb show poorer-than-average language skills during their early years and do not catch up.

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The politics of autism research -- does the vaccine angle hold merit?

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.nytimes.com)

This article is a pretty good introduction to one of the big divides in the politics of the autism awareness community: the it's-genetic faction vs. the it's-environmental-by-which-we-mean-caused-by-the-preservatives-in-the-vaccines faction. The big issue is on who gets the millions of dollars of research funding generated by the charity Autism Speaks. It's usually split between research into genes and intervention therapies on the one side and research into environmental causes (not limited to vaccines) on the other, but there is usually an issue about who gets how much

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Mucosal-surface Immune Function Discoveries Could Boost Vaccine Research

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In a finding that could have important implications for HIV vaccine research, new research at Weill Cornell Medical College illuminates the ways in which the body prevents its mucosal surfaces from being overwhelmed by bacteria.

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