All Sallie Permar articles
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NewsNIH grant aims for childhood vaccine against HIV
A multi-institutional team led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has been awarded a five-year, $20.8 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for advanced preclinical development of a promising experimental HIV vaccine. Source: NIAID Transmission electron micrograph ...
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NewsStudy finds new targets needed for vaccine to prevent herpesvirus transmission to babies
Despite the lack of research on vaccines against congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV), a research has recently discovered that the virus is able to cause cross-placental transmission even with the absence of multple essential proteins, providing insights for future vaccine development.
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NewsVaccine shows promise against CMV, a virus that causes birth defects
An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV vaccine candidate, a study reveals.