'Disease X': UK scientists begin developing vaccines against new pandemic (2024)

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'Disease X': UK scientists begin developing vaccines against new pandemic? ›

UK scientists have begun developing vaccines as an insurance against a new pandemic caused by an unknown "Disease X". The work is being carried out at the government's high-security Porton Down laboratory complex in Wiltshire by a team of more than 200 scientists.

With Disease X, we're preparing for an unknown unknown. Disease X is a placeholder concept that refers to a pandemic pathogen that has not yet been characterized. Its purpose is to encourage proactive thinking about pathogens that could cause a pandemic.

Scientists believe the next Disease X is highly likely to be caused by a new virus that will emerge from one of around 25 families of viruses that have already shown their capability to cause disease in people.

These vaccines were developed with NIH support and research on a protein found on SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Clinical trials for the COVID-19 vaccines in people were established in what seemed like record time.

Since their introduction in December 2020, COVID-19 vaccines have reduced deaths due to the pandemic by at least 57%, saving more than 1.4 million lives in the WHO European Region. Most of those saved were aged 60 or older, the group at highest risk of severe illness and death from the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Fragile X syndrome is inherited in a way that is known as 'X-linked', as the changed gene is on the X chromosome. This means that men with Fragile X syndrome are often more severely affected than women. This is because men only have one X chromosome, whereas women have two X chromosomes, only one of which is changed.

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Typical Timeline. A typical vaccine development timeline takes 5 to 10 years, and sometimes longer, to assess whether the vaccine is safe and efficacious in clinical trials, complete the regulatory approval processes, and manufacture sufficient quantity of vaccine doses for widespread distribution.

For Maurice Hilleman, the invention of the mumps vaccine combined good science and good parenting. Until COVID-19 vaccines, it would be the fastest vaccine development in history.

Does the COVID vaccine wear off? ›

The Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech, and Novavax vaccines protect against many known variants of COVID-19. The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines offer immunity against COVID-19 for up to six months. To increase protection, getting an updated COVID-19 vaccine is now recommended for everyone six months and older.

How long does the COVID vaccine last? Studies suggest COVID vaccines are most effective in the first few months following your shot. That's why when health experts recommend boosters or updated doses, they're usually given three to four months after your last COVID shot.

The newest vaccines are about 40 to 50% effective, which is not perfect. But they help a great deal in protecting against hospitalization and death.

Cardiac syndrome X (CSX) is characterized by typical or atypical anginal chest pain with no evidence of significant coronary vascular abnormalities visualized on angiogram. It is viewed as a type of ischemic heart disease with occurrence most prevalent in perimenopausal and postmenopausal females.

Disease Overview

Factor X deficiency is a rare genetic blood disorder that causes the normal clotting process (coagulation) to take longer than normal. This causes people to bleed for a longer amount of time spontaneously or after trauma/surgery. Factor X is a clotting protein (also called a clotting factor).

X-Virus by Godzilla2199. My real name is Cody, and since the very beginning, I've always been an unwanted kid. I never knew who my father was, and my mother was a criminal, too busy with her scheming to worry about me. She left me for days, sometimes weeks, so I soon got used to being alone, I've never had friends.

The genetic disorder Fragile X syndrome, which results from mutations in a gene on the X chromosome, is the most commonly inherited form of developmental and intellectual disability.