Immunotherapy Weekly

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - HIV-infected cells are selectively eliminated by HIV-based virus-like particles

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - New research in the area of HIV/AIDS vaccines detailed

HIV/AIDS Vaccines - Researchers' findings advance HIV/AIDS vaccines research

HIV/AIDS Vertical Transmission - HIV-1 neutralization escape variants are transmitted from mother to infant

HIV/AIDS-Associated Dementia - AIDS-associated neuronal loss may be due to neuronal apoptosis

HIV/AIDS-Associated Kaposi Sarcoma - Interferon-alpha 2b dose safety established in HAART-treated AIDS-associated KS patients

Head & Neck Cancer - U.S. FDA approves ERBITUX (Cetuximab) for treatment of head and neck cancer

Hepatitis B Virus - Chronic HBV infection produces antigens and DNA in ovary and ovum

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV replication is blocked by asialoglycoprotein receptor antisense oligonucleotides

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV surface antigen T and B cell memory triggers B cell antibody production

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV surface antigen used to generate high-affinity chimeric antibody

Hepatitis B Virus - Hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation is preventable

Hepatitis B Virus - Patients with hepatitis B have a poor response to lamivudine monotherapy

Hepatitis B Virus - Recent findings illuminate research in hepatitis B virus

Hepatitis C Vaccine - T cell hepatitis C vaccine effective against virus challenge

Hepatitis C Virus - Anti-hepatitis C virus responses activated by a toll-like receptor

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV immune-complex dynamics predict response to therapy

Hepatitis C Virus - HCV indeterminate group correlates with antibody assay results

Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C-related type II mixed cryoglobulinemia involves E2-IgM complex

Hepatitis C Virus - Important hepatitis C virus NS4A epitope identified by phage display

Hepatitis C Virus - Novel HCV vector overcomes anti-Ad5 immunity and induces immune responses

Hepatitis C Virus - Studies add new findings to hepatitis C virus body of knowledge

Hepatitis Delta Virus - ADAR 1 enhances hepatitis delta virus RNA editing in interferon-alpha-stimulated host cells

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma development is associated with serum proteome changes

Herpes Simplex Virus - Herpes simplex virus pathogenesis involves dual role of keratin

Hookworm Vaccine -  Ancylostoma caninum larvae vaccine induces Th2 protective response

Human Papillomavirus - HPV-16 fusion protein vaccine possesses therapeutic effects in animal model

Human Papillomavirus Vaccines - New findings in the area of human papillomavirus vaccines detailed

Immunology - New anaphylaxis research shows the need for additional education, research

Immunotherapy - Anti-TNF antibody neutralizing activity has been characterized

Immunotherapy - Dendritic cells provide link between innate and adaptive immunity

Immunotherapy - GM-CSF genetic adjuvant promotes prophylactic DNA vaccination against pseudorabies

Immunotherapy - Immunologic memory response was induced by meningococcal vaccine using P64k protein carrier

Immunotherapy - Immunostimulant platform very active against PTV infection in mouse model, research shows

Immunotherapy - Intracellular trafficking of plasmids during transfection mediated by microtubules

Immunotherapy - Methods to quantify antigen-specific T cell clones in mycobacterial infection developed

Immunotherapy - Monoclonal antibodies generated to native mouse angiotensin-converting enzyme

Immunotherapy - Myasthenia gravis is alleviated by peptide vaccine in alum and inactive pertussis

Immunotherapy - Toxin-mediated antigen delivery into dendritic cells elicits CD8+ T cells

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination is prompted by worry and regret

Influenza Vaccine - Recombinant influenza A viruses induce heterospecific B and T cell responses

Influenza Vaccine - Vaccination coverage in U.S. is affected by ethnicity

Influenza Vaccines - Influenza virus study demonstrates uneven distribution of MHC class II epitopes

Leishmaniasis Research -  Leishmania uptake by dendritic cells promotes protective immunity

Leukemia Vaccine - High-risk leukemia immunotherapy is provided by autologous vaccine expressing CD40L and IL-2

Liver Diseases - Chronic inflammatory liver diseases involve the expression of epithelial cellular adhesion molecule

Lung Cancer - Lung cancer prognosticated by infiltration by CD8+ T cells and CD4+ T cells

Lung Cancer - Recent findings illuminate research in lung cancer

Lung Cancer Research - Some chemically modified heparins may deserve further testing as NSCLC treatment protocols

Lymphoma - HA14-1 induced apoptosis in follicular lymphoma B cells

Market Analysis - Market study analyzes potential launches, R&D pipelines of players in asthma, COPD area

Measles Vaccine - Aerosol measles vaccine is effective primary vaccine in nine-month-old children

Measles Vaccine - IgG ELISAs are accurate for identifying people needing measles vaccination

Melanoma Vaccine - Metastatic melanoma responses are induced by dendritoma vaccine plus IL-2

Meningococcal Vaccine - Cost-effectiveness of meningococcal serogroup C conjugate vaccines is reassessed

Mergers & Acquisitions - Inverness Medical Innovations agrees to acquire ACON Lab's rapid diagnostics business

Mergers & Acquisitions - Inverness acquires chip technology for nucleic acid, immunoassay-based diagnostics

Metapneumovirus Vaccine - Metapneumovirus is protected against by cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitope vaccine

Multiple Myeloma Therapy - U.S. FDA grants priority review for treatment of relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma

Multiple Sclerosis - HLA typing of MS patients may help identify patients for alternative therapies

Neurogenesis - Neurogenesis occurs in neuroinflammatory lesions in the adult spinal cord

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Detection of bone marrow lesions improved by ferumoxtran-10-enhanced MR imaging

Obesity Epidemic - Poll finds obesity epidemic continues to worsen in the United States

Oncology - Breast cancer and lymph system angiogenesis correlate with patient prognosis

Osteoarthritis - Meniscus plays a critical role in osteoarthritis of the knee

Ovarian Cancer - B7-H4 appears to be a promising new biomarker for ovarian cancer

Ovarian Cancer Vaccine - Humoral immune responses are induced by anti-idiotypic antibody fusion protein

Parasitology -  Schistosoma japonicum plasmid DNA vaccine protects against infection

Parasitology - Immunity to intestinal nematodes is enhanced by IL-9-producing dendritic cells

Parasitology - Transmission of Plasmodium from mosquito to mammal has newly identified step

Pediatric Vaccine - Pediatric vaccine stockpile program in U.S. is described

Pediatric Vaccines - U.S. CDC perspective on vaccine supply problems is presented

Personnel - CytoDyn names Dr. Trevor Hawkins to its scientific advisory board

Personnel - Dendreon names Ernest Bognar general manager of Hanover manufacturing facility

Pharmaceutical Research - Fenofibrate plus candesartan improves endothelial function and reduces inflammatory markers

Pharmaceutical Research - Phase III drugs slated to add additional $30 billion in revenues by 2010

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal vaccine shortage prevention strategies are presented

Pneumococcal Vaccines - Findings describe new data in pneumococcal vaccines research

Prostate Cancer - Prostate tumor development inhibited in a transgenic adenocarcinoma model

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Pox prostate specific antigen-targeted therapeutic vaccines were safe and immunogenic

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Prostate cancer vaccine's immune response is enhanced by intradermal electroporation

Proteomics - Bone marrow B lymphopoiesis inhibited by bone morphogenic protein-6

Proteomics - Interferon-alpha mediates anti-HIV activity via APOBEC3G induction

Proteomics - Method generates monoclonal antibodies against plasma proteins

Pseudomonas Vaccine - Oral whole-cell Pseudomonas aeruginosa vaccine safe and immunogenic

Psoriasis - "Encouraging" CC-10004 data, as new oral therapy in severe psoriasis presented by Celgene

Public Health - Adult willingness to be vaccinated against shigella varies throughout Asia

Public Health - Influenza vaccination reduces illness in 2- to 5-year-old children

Public Health - Influenza vaccine refusal reasons among high-risk persons in Europe are reported

Public Health - Public health practice is affected by anecdotal evidence

Public Health - Vaccine supply strengthening in U.S. is focus of review

Rabies Vaccine - Rabies protection in dogs is delivered by one-time DNA vaccine

Respiratory Medicine - Advances in asthma research presented at meeting

Respiratory Medicine - Cancer radiotherapy receives a boost from all-trans retinoic acid

Respiratory Medicine - Nearly half of asthma-related ED visits made by intermittent asthma patients, study shows

SARS Vaccines - SARS coronavirus vaccine has been developed

Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis - Positive Ciclesonide data presented at AAAAI by Sylvana Research

Septicemia Vaccine - CpG oligodinucleotides induce strong responses to streptococcic septicemia vaccine

Smallpox Vaccines - Vaccinia and smallpox viruses were neutralized by monoclonal antibodies

Streptococcal Vaccine -  Streptococcus pneumoniae resists DNA vaccines based on pneumolysin

T Cells - T cell activation requires HuR nuclear export and cytokine mRNA stabilization

Tissue Engineering - Combined strategy reduces restenosis for vascular tissue engineering applications

Tissue Engineering - Enzo receives approval to begin HIV clinical trial

Tissue Engineering - Tissue-engineered cartilage and osteochondral plug treats osteoarthritis of knee

Transplant Medicine - Researchers' work adds to transplant medicine body of knowledge

Transplant Medicine - Studies advance knowledge in transplant medicine research

Transplantation Biology - Acute hepatitis in renal pretransplantation significantly increases risk

Transplantation Biology - Liver transplantation outcome is aided by hepatitis B immunization

Transplantation Biology - Post-liver transplantation rejection is indicated by C4d

Tuberculosis Vaccines - BCG vaccine protection is impaired in IL-15-deficient mice

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Findings describe new data in tuberculosis vaccines research

Tumor Suppression - Tumor rejection by T cells involves NK-cell activation

Type 1 Diabetes - Human leukocyte antigen haplotypes may trigger pregnancy-related fulminant type 1 diabetes

Vaccine Delivery - DNA vaccine is targeted to skin with the use of electroporation

Vaccine Efficacy - Pneumococcal vaccination during pregnancy does not prevent infant infection

Vaccine Safety - Sudden infant death syndrome case is linked to hexavalent vaccine

Vaccine Safety - Vaccine liability update is presented

Vaccines Adjuvant - New findings in vaccines adjuvant described

Vaccines Delivery - New findings in the area of vaccines delivery detailed

Virology - Adenovirus vectors sustain inducible transgene expression in brain

Virology - HTLV-2b replication higher in endemically versus epidemically acquired infections

Virology - Peptide vaccination of mice immune to LCMV or vaccinia virus causes serious pathology

Virology - Vaccinia virus lacking core proteins accumulates on endoplasmic reticulum structures