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A major step is taken toward producing a malaria vaccine
Last week a ray of hope pierced the gloom surrounding and one of the world's biggest health problems. Two groups scientists, one at New York University Medical Center, the other at the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, announced they had...
Malaria research had largely come to a halt during the years that chloroquine and DDT seemed all conquering. But Dr. Ruth Nussenzweig of N.Y.U. continued to pursue a malaria vaccine, a goal many viewed as impossible. The malaria bug presented unique obstacles. The first was the complex life cycle of...
Some researchers are concerned that the vaccine's altered vi rus might actually promote the development of shingles. Another great worry is cancer. Viruses are a suspected cause, and another member of the herpes family, the simplex virus, is under suspicion, says Plotkin, "though proof is far from complete...
To young children, wary of getting yet another shot, the news of the vac cine may not be welcome. But Merck says not to worry. It hopes to combine the chickenpox vaccine with a triple-threat shot already on the market that protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Possible cost...