In an effort to improve the delivery of therapies for glioblastoma through the blood-brain barrier, new research, presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, evaluates the effectiveness of PVSRIPO, “a live attenuated, oral (SABIN) serotype 1 poliovirus vaccine...

A new article in Nature reports on “a new breed of flu vaccine that provides better and broader protection than commercially available ones — at least in animal tests.” The vaccine, consisting of self-assembling nanoparticles, can be made without having to grow real viruses in eggs or cell...

An unidentified respiratory illness has killed 2 out of 10 people hospitalized with the illness in Alabama since last week. Reuters explains “Laboratory samples were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for evaluation, and the agency is expected to issue a report within 24...