vaccine
Viewpoint: Trust experts over activists on GMOs, climate change, vaccines
Science occupies a special place in our society. It is subversive in the sense that it recognizes no authority other ...
We’re inching closer to a new vaccine for Lyme disease. But will the public accept it?
As the threat of Lyme disease grows and fears surrounding it spread faster than the ticks that carry the infection, ...
Exploring the biotechnology revolution in food and medicine
Biotechnology develops cellular and bimolecular processes to create products that will make our lives easier .... Today, biotechnology fights against ...
UB-311: Could this vaccine protect against Alzheimer’s?
Most vaccines prepare our body’s immune system to fight off so-called exogenous disease, such as measles or flu, caused by ...
EU health commissioner: Anti-vaccine, glyphosate ‘conspiracy theories’ threaten Europe with ‘new middle ages’
Europe’s Health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on [June 7] warned that conspiracy theories were winning the argument against science in Europe ...
Alzheimer’s vaccine shows promise in early stages
For two decades, biotech companies trying to tackle Alzheimer’s disease have had little success. While vaccines have often shown promise for certain ...
Edible vaccine may protect honey bees from deadly microbial infections
A growing number of honey bees die each year due to pesticides, vanishing habitats, poor nutrition and climate change, with ...
Podcast with Dr. Paul Offit: Striking similarities between anti-biotech and anti-vaccine activism
The anti-vaccine and anti-GMO movements are increasingly overlapping in methods and outlook ...
Bronchitis in chickens can cut egg production 70%. New vaccine may stem outbreaks
Infectious bronchitis virus is highly contagious and responsible for major economic losses to the poultry industry worldwide. Infected chickens experience ...
Russian social media ‘bots’ push GMO-autism link, new report shows
Social media accounts sponsored by the Kremlin have whipped up fears about western food and water supplies, analysis shows. Scores of ...
Viewpoint: Experts must ‘shut down’ junk science on social media before it causes real damage
[A] new study by the Pew Research Center found over two out of three Americans (68 percent) now get at least some ...
Viewpoint: UC-San Francisco is the ‘academic home of the anti-GMO movement’
Being anti-GMO is the biotech equivalent of being anti-vaccine. The scientific literature overwhelmingly and definitively has concluded that GMOs are safe ...
Why curing the common cold is so difficult
The hunt for a cure for the common cold began in the 1950s, shortly after scientists discovered the primary group ...
Anti-GMO ‘Russian trolls’ also spread vaccine myths on social media, study finds
A new study showing that Russian-linked trolls and social media bots have been heavily promoting misinformation on vaccines shows just how far ...
This year’s flu vaccine has been 50% effective, and that’s not shabby
This season's vaccine was more effective than those of the previous two years at reducing influenza-related hospitalizations ...
2016 Presidential Race: Clinton, Trump, Stein and Johnson on Vaccines and Bio-Pharmaceuticals
Professional medical organizations could not be stronger in support of childhood immunizations, including mandatory vaccinations of school children. Only Clinton ...
Could we functionally cure HIV through gene editing?
Charlie Sheen’s HIV announcement put AIDs back in the headlines. Gene editing may provide the chance to eliminate the disease ...
