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The Morning Briefing: Vaccination trials, research

By | February 1, 2013, 1:15 AM PST

“The Morning Briefing” is SmartPlanet’s daily roundup of must-reads from the web. This morning we’re reading about vaccination trials and research.

1.) First alcoholism vaccine to begin preclinical trials. Testing on a vaccine for alcoholism is about to begin in Chile.

2.) Call for boy cancer vaccine. A new charity is urging the U.K. government to deal with the ‘ticking time bomb’ that is throat cancer.

3.) BCG vaccine lab ready to start operations. The BCG Vaccine Laboratory, shut down nearly four years ago, is once again ready to serve its raison d’etre — launch into the production mode for the BCG vaccine, which provides early life protection against tuberculosis.

4.) Volunteers wanted for bird flu vaccine. Researchers in Newcastle are doing their bit to help protect the world against a potentially deadly outbreak of the bird flu virus.

5.) No TB cattle vaccine until 2023 –- E.U. Commission. The European Commission has told Defra that a cattle vaccine for bovine TB (bTB) is unlikely to be commercially available until 2023.

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About Charlie Osborne

Charlie Osborne is a contributing editor for SmartPlanet.

Charlie Osborne

Charlie Osborne

Contributing Editor

Charlie Osborne is a freelance journalist and graphic designer based in London. In addition to SmartPlanet, she also writes the iGeneration column for business technology website ZDNet. She holds degrees in medical anthropology from the University of Kent.

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