Posts by Super User

Companies: Osivax Nucleic acid based immunization exhibits a number of advantages. For example, the manufacture of nucleic acid based vaccines is straight forward, relatively inexpensive. DNA Vaccines Potential advantages: DNA based…

See "ways to increase immunogenicity" on outline See WHO   See History of Vaccines  Active immunization refers to stimulation of an immune response by challenge with an immunogen. Active immunization occurs…

helpful websites:  NIH Vaccines    Immunisation   Immunisation Guidelines for Ireland 2008 Edition, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (good summary of all of the vaccine schedules) GAVI: the vaccine alliance   International Society of Travel…

Protein Kinase R (PKR): is also one of the sensors of viral invasion. PKR is a cytosolic protein composed of dsRNA bindign motifs and a serine/threonine kianse domain. Binding of PKR…

Websites of interest:  Coronavirusgov.    Travel Restrictions. Covid treatments  CDC case tracker  CDC covid-19 county check (check levels of Covid-19 in your county) Find Covid-19 Medications and clinics (rapid treatment of COVID-19 is…

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses. Some cause illness in people, and others, such as canine and feline coronaviruses only infect animals. Coronaviruses include enveloped viruses and cause the…

See also Coronaviruses (family Coronaviridae) Cleaning Respiratory Equipement Adenoviruses (see outline)   Hantaviruses Hantaviruses comprise an emerging global threat for public health, affecting about 30,000 humans annually. Infection may lead…

Treatment: (I) Immunoglobulin therapy: Kishimoto et al. (j Pharmacology, 299(2), 2001) demonstrated the immunoglublin therapy suppressed murine myocarditis induced by cosachievirus B3. Matsumori et al. ("Effects of Free Immunoglobulin light chains…

See also Cell Cycle Control Introduction/Definitions: Cancer involves a host of different pathogenic mechanisms which lead to cancer cells evading a host immune response. These mechanisms or abnormalities are important…

See also anti-viral agents   Introduction: To establish an infection and casue disease, a virus must first have access to tissues in the body. Although skin is exposed, the most…