Vanderbilt Center for Antibody Therapeutics (VCAT) Archive — Page 8 of 13
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July 19, 2018
Team finds potent antibodies against three Ebola viruses
Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and their colleagues are a step closer to developing a broadly effective antibody treatment against the three major Ebola viruses that cause lethal disease in humans. -
May 21, 2018
New target to stop Ebola
A new Vanderbilt study suggests it may be possible to develop antibody therapies or a universal vaccine effective against multiple Ebola virus family members. -
May 17, 2018
Alphavirus “Achilles heel”
Targeting the protein that mosquito-borne viruses use to enter cells could be a strategy for preventing infection by multiple emerging viruses. -
April 26, 2018
Study seeking to isolate antibodies against rabies virus
Few people die from rabid animal bites in the United States thanks to the near-universal availability of human rabies immune globulin and rabies vaccine, which are given as separate shots as soon as possible after exposure to the rabies virus. -
April 12, 2018
Research lab honored by World Vaccine Congress
The laboratory of James Crowe Jr., MD, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, received the 2018 Vaccine Industry Excellence Award for Best Academic Research Team at the 18th World Vaccine Congress in Washington, DC, this week. -
February 23, 2018
Hope for an RSV vaccine
Newly discovered features in an RSV protein may be useful for rational structure-based vaccine design. -
February 6, 2018
Flu Fighter: Dr. James Crowe is leading a global effort to take the guesswork out of the flu shot
From Vanderbilt Magazine: James Crowe, director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, hopes to create a universal flu vaccine--permanently eliminating the problem of ineffective or under-effective annual flu shots.