Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . January 22nd, 2003
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Diabetes Vaccine - Neurologic disorders not associated with MMR vaccination
Pediatric Vaccine - Robust immune response to DNA vaccine found in infants
Hepatitis E Virus - DNA vaccine protects macaques against viral infection
Herpesvirus Vaccine - Vaccine prevents genital HSV infection in seronegative women but not in men
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Vaccine may prevent cervical cancer
Pleural Mesothelioma - Exposure to contaminated poliovirus vaccine not likely linked to rare cancer
Pneumococcal Disease - Single dose of 9-valent conjugate vaccine induces immunogenicity in children
AIDS Vaccines - Cell-based vaccine counteracts virus in monkeys
Allergy Medicine - Maternally transferred monoclonal IgG induce IgE unresponsiveness in mice
Alzheimer Disease - Abeta(42) vaccination induces antibodies highly selective for target structures
Animal Models - Quantitative assay could aid vaccine development in guinea pig models
Anthrax - Potential vaccine candidate ORFs sought in virulence plasmid pXO1
Blood Safety - Smallpox vaccine recipients should wait to give blood, FDA says
Cancer Gene Therapy - Mechanism of fusogenic membrane glycoprotein-mediated cell killing described
Cancer Vaccines - DC and CpG ODN immunotherapy cures large murine tumors that resist chemotherapy
Cancer Vaccines - HER-2-derived recombinant antigens engineered for antitumor immunotherapy
Cancer Vaccines - T-cell help required for memory cytotoxic T-cell antitumor activity
Cervical Cancer - Vaccine causes HPV-associated tumor growth to regress in mice
DNA Vaccines - B virus glycoprotein antibodies induced by DNA immunization characterized
DNA Vaccines - Salivary gland delivery of pDNA-cationic lipoplexes is immunogenic
DNA Vaccines - Study compares oral vs. intramuscular immunization
Disease Associations - Immune response to heat shock proteins has possible link to atherosclerosis
Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation - Adjuvant-free peptide vaccine against CMV pp65 in preclinical development
Immunology - Shigella vaccine safe, immunogenic
Immunology - Salmonella type III-mediated antigen delivery induces CTL-mediated immunity
Immunology - Study points to role of dendritic cells in reduced IL-12 synthesis in childhood
Influenza - FDA advisory committee recommends approval for FluMist
Influenza - Recombinant adenovirus encodes swine H3N2 influenza virus HA gene
Influenza Vaccine - Oculorespiratory syndrome recurrence low following influenza revaccination
Kidney Disease - Chickenpox vaccine OK for pediatric patients
Leishmaniasis - Immunotherapeutic antigens encapsulated in liposomes characterized
Malaria - MSP combination boosts protection against Plasmodium yoelii in rat model
Malaria - Recombinant Plasmodium apical membrane antigen 1 confers protection
Measles - CDC describes outbreak among internationally adopted children arriving in the U.S
Melanoma - FcgammaR-positive tumors may respond to antibody-mediated therapies
Meningococcal Disease - Glycoconjugate vaccine for Neisseria meningitidis is protective in rats
Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - T-cell responses to specific antigen ESAT-6 in Brazilian TB patients studied
Oral Health - Vaccine with genetic chimeric protein protects mice against S. mutans
Pediatric Vaccine - Atovaquone/proguanil malaria prophylaxis does not negate typhoid or cholera vaccination
Pneumococcal Disease - Antimicrobial-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae increasing in Peru
Pneumococcal Disease - Potential benefit of 7- and 11-valent conjugate vaccines in Germany assessed
Preparedness - Reports: Israeli gas masks, smallpox vaccine are defective
Prostate Cancer - Rights regained to ex vivo prostate cancer immunotherapy
Public Health - Impact of Taiwan's National Health Insurance varies among regions
Reimbursement - Coverage of illness from smallpox vaccine worries workers
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Autologous monocyte-derived dendritic cell-based immunotherapy well tolerated
Smallpox - Official wants delay in vaccinations
Smallpox - UAB aids search for safer vaccine
Smallpox - Wisconsin officials: No money for first vaccinations
Trypanosomiasis - Type 1 immunity provides optimal protection against mucosal, systemic challenge
Tuberculosis - Mycobacterium tuberculosis-specific antigen 10 modulates macrophage function
Vaccine Safety - Study finds low risk of oculorespiratory syndrome recurrence
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