Measles

  • Researchers Test Inhalable Measles Vaccine
    Sustained high vaccination coverage is key to preventing deaths from measles. Despite the availability of a vaccine, measles remains an important killer of children worldwide, particularly in less-developed regions where vaccination coverage is limited. A team of ...More
    February 1, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Scientists Find Measles' Natural Nemesis
    Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have found that a known enzyme in cells protects against measles virus, likely by altering the virus's genetic material, RNA. Cells lacking the enzyme become highly vulnerable to the virus's destructive effects. The enzyme also ...More
    January 21, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Measles Virus Plays Role in Paget's Disease of Bone
    A gene from the measles virus plays a key role in the development of Paget's disease of bone, according to a team of researchers led by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. Their findings, recently published in Cell Metabolism, confirm a long-held speculation ...More
    January 17, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Is the Measles Virus a Weapon Against Cancer?
    When most people in the developed world think of measles, what comes to mind is only a dim memory of a vaccination at a pediatrician's office. But while childhood vaccination has virtually eliminated measles from North America and much of Europe, researchers remain ...More
    January 12, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Researchers Describe Measles Viral Protein Movement
    Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that proteins on the surface of a cell twist a viral protein into position, allowing the virus to start infection and cause disease, all in a movement as graceful as a ballroom dance. The findings appear in the current online issue of ...More
    January 10, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Outbreak Illustrates Risk of 'Imported' Measles
    An outbreak of measles at an international youth soccer event illustrates the risks of "imported" measles, according to a study in the September issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. Measles "imported" from countries with lower vaccination ...More
    September 8, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Combination MMRV Vaccine Linked to Seizure Risk
    The combination vaccine for measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox (MMRV) is associated with double the risk of febrile seizures for 1- to 2-year-old children compared with same-day administration of the separate vaccine for MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and the varicella ...More
    June 28, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Response to Vaccines Could Depend on Your Sex
    Biological differences between the sexes could be a significant predictor of responses to vaccines, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. They examined published data from numerous adult and child vaccine trials and found that sex ...More
    May 12, 2010
    Posted in News
  • New Inhalable Measles Vaccine May Lead to Vaccines for Other Diseases
    A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder believe a dry powder, inhalable vaccine developed for measles prevention and slated for human clinical trials later this year in India will lead to other inhalable, inexpensive vaccines for illnesses ranging ...More
    May 5, 2010
    Posted in News
  • Conference on Vaccine Research to Highlight 40-Year Progress
    Scientists at the 13th annual Conference on Vaccine Research (ACVR), sponsored by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID), will reflect on the remarkable growth of vaccine biotechnology in the last several decades and focus on the growing number of ...More
    April 26, 2010
    Posted in News
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