Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 18th, 2004
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Colorectal Cancer - Plant-produced colorectal cancer antigen developed
Cancer Therapy - Cancer vaccine using low affinity epitopes proves successful in mice
Cancer Vaccine - DNA induces T helper type 1-mediated responses in antigen-primed mice
Cancer Vaccine - Researcher reviews novel cancer vaccines
Cardiology - Blood test for heart attack may be sold
Childhood Immunization - Call for increase in flu vaccination among young children
Cholera - Positive results of cholera vaccine trial in Bangladesh reported
Corporate Update - Biopharmaceutical company transformation completed
Drug Discovery - Collaboration to strengthen virus discovery program
Foot-and-Mouth Disease - Foot-and-mouth disease virus epitopes elicit immune response in mice
Hepatitis A Vaccine - Typhoid/hepatitis A vaccine effective as booster dose in primed adults
Melanoma Vaccine - Poxvirus used for delivery of stimulatory molecules to melanoma tumors
Influenza - FluMist to be donated to public health agencies
Listeria - Lock to food-borne pathogen pathway may be key to vaccine
Malaria - Methods estimate infectiousness of P. vivax carriers to mosquitoes
Malaria Vaccine - Malaria immunity linked to circumsporozoite protein-specific T cells
Melanoma - Active-specific immunization against melanoma reviewed
Neisseria - Antibodies against Neisseria meningitidis isolated
Patents - Electroporation therapy patents announced; company provides update
Personnel - Biopharmaceutical company announces changes to management and board
Poliomyelitis - Polio vaccine ban upheld in Nigeria
Prion Disease - Vaccines against prion diseases may be in sight
HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Broadly cross-reactive HIV-neutralizing antibody Fab identified
Public Health - Medicaid managed care in New Mexico associated with decreased vaccination rates
Rabies Vaccine - Batch of rabies vaccine found ineffective
SARS - SFDA approves commencement of clinical trials on SARS vaccine
Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Development on schistosomiasis vaccines stalled
Smallpox - Study shows low risk of vaccinia transfer after immunization
Tuberculosis Vaccine - First U.S. TB vaccine trial in 60 years begins
Hepatitis B Vaccine - HBsAg variants break tolerance in hepatitis B surface antigen mice
Mucosal Immunization - Arginine-glysine-aspartate motif enhances immunogenicity of antigens
Tuberculosis Vaccine - T cells recognize epitopes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antigen
AIDS Therapy - Patient enrollment completed in HIV vaccine trial
Alzheimer Disease - Alliance formed to support Alzheimer disease synthetic vaccine program
Anthrax - Anthrax vaccine candidate receives fast track designation
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