experimental vaccine

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) An attenuated, or weakened, strain of Chlamydia trachomatis bacteria can be used as a vaccine to prevent or reduce the severity of trachoma, the world's leading cause of infectious blindness, suggest findings from a National Institutes of Health study in monkeys.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have created an experimental vaccine against beta-amyloid, the small protein that forms plaques in the brain and is believed to contribute to the development of Alzheimer's disease.

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) Researchers have developed an experimental vaccine for chikungunya virus and successfully tested it in monkeys.

An experimental vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) can produce complete responses in some patients with precancers, Dutch researchers found.

BANGKOK (AP) -- For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result.

Recent failures led many scientists to think such a vaccine might never be possible....