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Could plants speed up vaccine development? 🌿💉

With CEPI support, LenioBio is using its plant-based AliCE® tech to rapidly produce proteins needed for protein-based vaccines, potentially cutting timelines from months to days.

Watch the video below to learn more ⬇️ bit.ly/4n0reoN
LenioBio explains how their plant-based technology can speed up vaccine development
This is "LenioBio explains how their plant-based technology can speed up vaccine development" by CEPIVaccines on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos…
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June 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Check out CEPI's April newsletter 🗞️

Alongside our regular content, this month features our new Innovations for Impact series, kicking off with stories on Lassa fever and Rift Valley fever, spotlighting some of the researchers working to reduce the risks posed by these diseases ⬇️ bit.ly/4d57trJ
How Lassa vaccine trials in West Africa boost global viral defences
One of Dr Kumblytee Johnson’s most heartbreaking experiences as a doctor was seeing a heavily pregnant woman come into Phebe Hospital in Liberia’s Suakoko Bong County with a high fever, sore throat an...
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April 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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"The aim of MUSICC is to develop ways to accelerate the delivery of vaccines which are able to block or reduce transmission, as well as block infection and disease."

The CEPI and @ec.europa.eu supported global project is led by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social: www.imperial.ac.uk/Stories/the-...
Infecting people on purpose: The power of human challenge studies in tackling infectious disease
Imperial College London is a global leader in human challenge studies, pioneering the development of human challenge models for a wide range of pathogens - from COVID-19 to malaria. We spoke to some o...
www.imperial.ac.uk
May 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Critical work being done for a challenging situation.
cepi.net CEPI @cepi.net · Apr 17
While the #Lassa virus is endemic in West Africa, disease experts have long been warning of the risk that it will soon begin to spread more widely.

Find out how new Lassa vaccine trials in West Africa are boosting global viral defences ➡️ cepi.net/how-new-vacc...
How new vaccine trials in West Africa boost global viral defences | CEPI
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April 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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The threat hanging over South African HIV/AIDS researchers for the past week has become a reality: The Trump administration has begun terminating or putting on hold their grants from the U.S. National Institutes of Health.
“Orchestrated assault”: New tsunami of NIH grant cuts hits South Africa hard
Agency moves to terminate nearly 1000 awards, including programs involving “DEI”
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March 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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New Let's Talk ID out now! Paul Sax, MD, FIDSA, speaks with Adam Ratner, MD, MPH, about his new book, "Booster Shots: The Urgent Lessons of Measles” and the rise of vaccines preventable diseases.

Available wherever you listen to podcasts. Transcript: bit.ly/4bLdDNb
March 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Rising ocean acidity could reduce populations of phytoplankton, which may exacerbate climate warming. scim.ag/4kRp4XA
More carbon dioxide in oceans could harm carbon-eating microbes, speed climate change
Increased ocean acidity could reduce populations of phytoplankton more than previously thought
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March 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
If we do not intervene, Anti Microbial Resistance has the potential to become a pandemic in the future. It’s time to take AMR seriously.
On IDSA’s & HIVMA’s Science Speaks blog: Mahmoud Naser Aldine, MSC, explores how unstudied bacteria could be a natural reservoir for novel antimicrobial compounds and help address antimicrobial resistance.
Silent guardians: How unstudied bacteria could hold the key to AMR solutions
Unstudied bacteria could be a natural reservoir for novel antimicrobial compounds.
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March 20, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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