To create the experimental bird flu vaccine, the researchers added what’s called a histidine tag, or his-tag, to both the H5 ...

A nanoparticle-based vaccine candidate for H5N1 avian influenza achieved 100% protection in preclinical trials, offering hope ...

Lead researcher and CEO of POP Biotechnologies, Dr. Jonathan Lovell, is based at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Lovell said ...

A vaccine under development at the University at Buffalo has demonstrated complete protection in mice against a deadly variant of the virus that causes bird flu. The work, detailed in a study ...

The illustration, above, shows the experimental bird flu vaccine platform. The H5 and N1 proteins attach via his-tag (teal coil) to cobalt ions (red plug) within the cobalt-porphyrin-phospholipid ...

Scientists announced this week that a vaccine under development has demonstrated the ability to protect mice against a deadly variant of bird flu. The University of Buffalo researchers say that their ...