A nasal spray of a novel weakened live virus follows initial injection with a single-cycle viral vector vaccine.

Wild boars and red junglefowl gave rise to common pigs and chickens. These animals' genes evolved to express themselves ...

Researchers suggest prime/boost vaccination strategy can be easily adapted to emerging IAV subtypes and may be useful in ...

Intramuscular prime/intranasal boost vaccination protocol reduces LAIV shedding. (A) Schematic representation of the experimental design. Red points on the timeline indicate the time points of blood ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have documented the absence ...

"Pig" is an old slang term for an investor who is seen as greedy, having forgotten their original investment strategy to focus on securing unrealistic future gains. After experiencing a gain ...

As scavengers, pigs are open to a wider selection of food sources in the wild. At sanctuaries, their diet is more tailored to their nutritional needs.

All four patients who received pig organs to replace their diseased organs have now died, though researchers involved in these transplants say they will keep trying to improve this alternative ...

WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant — along with an implanted device to keep her heart beating – has died, her surgeon announced Tuesday. Lisa Pisano was near death ...

More information: Aleksandra Rabinovitch et al, Eating pigs, not Peppa Pig: The effect of identifiability on children's propensity to humanize, befriend, and consume edible animals, Appetite (2024).

Brain death (BD) is a complex medical state that triggers systemic disturbances and a cascade of pathophysiological processes ...