The vaccine construct has been synthesised to preclinical grade at Emergex’s in-house GMP manufacturing facility near Oxford with preclinical testing being performed in the laboratories at Emergex USA ...

Scientists have used AlphaFold 3 to identify a potential new drug target to treat monkeypox virus. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international team of researchers has made the ...

Researchers used AI to pinpoint a little-known monkeypox protein that provokes strong protective antibodies. When the team tested this protein as a vaccine ingredient in mice, it produced a potent ...

In 2022, the medical establishment and public health world nixed the name "monkeypox" for two key reasons. Animal-to-human transmission comes from rodents. And the name "monkeypox" was seen as racist ...

It might be time to grant the monkeypox virus a new name. Although the virus (mpox for short) was first detected in lab monkeys in 1958, the original host or reservoir has remained unknown.

The World Health Organization announced Monday that "mpox" is now the preferred name for monkeypox. "Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while 'monkeypox' is phased out," the ...

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A total of 21 monkeypox cases have been reported at Mayo Hospital, Lahore, over the past six months, according to hospital officials. Authorities said none of the patients diagnosed with monkeypox had ...