Vaccines spur the body to create its own medicine
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OMRF anthrax discovery could lead to improved vaccine
When a team of OMRF scientists set out to improve the anthrax vaccine, they started with a theory everybody thought would work: Break apart the toxins so they can’t enter cells. Problem solved. But things don’t always work as expected. In fact, the theory doesn’t work at all, according to a paper by OMRF’s Darise […]
New OMRF finding could help improve vaccines
As a resurgent H1N1 flu virus worries medical professionals and families, more people are looking to vaccines to keep them safe. Now a new discovery by scientists at OMRF could shed light on why vaccines are ineffective in some patients. In a paper published in the current issue of the Journal of Biological Chemistry, OMRF researchers Shikha […]
OMRF aids CDC in fight against swine flu outbreak
Immunologists lend help in search for vaccine, treatment for new flu
The Most Natural Drug: OMRF researchers devise new method of creating human antibodies to flu, other illnesses
In the fight against infection, the human immune system isn’t ready for a war. Vaccines push the immune system to create defenses against illness, but they take time to work. A new process developed by scientists at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation stands to revolutionize the process. In an advance online publication today in the […]
An Alzheimer’s vaccine?
OMRF study shows that immunization could slow or prevent the disease
