Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . June 16th, 2004
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Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cells loaded with antigen enhance antitumor immunity
Cytomegalovirus Vaccine - Glycoprotein B vaccine protects against cytomegalovirus infection
DNA Vaccine - Apoptosis increases efficacy of alphaviral replicase-based DNA vaccines
Malaria Therapy - Malaria therapy in infants and childhood vaccinations studied
Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Prostate tissue-specific vaccine candidate identified
AIDS Therapy - Institute receives $3.5 million for AIDS vaccine research
Allergy Medicine - Vaccine new treatment for allergies?
Anthrax - Monoclonal antibodies to B. anthracis capsular antigen developed
Autism - Group comments on new report rejecting link between vaccines and autism
Business Update - New company launched for development of therapeutic DNA vaccines
Cancer Therapy - Company reaches full enrollment in phase II non-small cell lung cancer trial
Cancer Vaccine - Heated tumor cells elicit anti-tumor immunity
Cancer Vaccine - Vector of membrane fusogenic liposomes used for melanoma vaccine
Cervical Cancer - Plant viruses have potential to deliver anti-HPV vaccine
Colorectal Cancer - HLA-DR T cell epitopes of CEA identified colorectal cancer patients
Coronavirus - Live attenuated coronavirus vaccines protect against feline peritonitis
Cytomegalovirus Vaccine - Modified vaccinia virus elicits antibodies to cytomegalovirus strains
DNA Vaccine - DNA vaccine may protect piglets against porcine circovirus type 2
Dendritic Cell Vaccine - Antigen-loaded CD40-deficient dendritic cells mimic antigen delivery
Encephalitis - Amino acid changes reducing virulence of tick-borne encephalitis found
Epidemiology - HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects African American women
Finance - Pharmaceutical company closes $18.3M Series C financing
Hepatitis C Vaccine - Hepatitis C-derived lipopeptides induced antibody-producing T cells
Herpesvirus - Protein kinase inhibitors are promising herpesviruses inhibitors
Herpesvirus Vaccine - Gamma-herpesvirus 68 protects IFN receptor knockout mice from infection
Immunizations - Definition of vaccine advocacy and plan for action proposed
Immunology - Presentation of pathogen-derived antigens in vivo reviewed
Immunology - Toll-like receptor 2 ligand stimulates Th2 responses in vivo
Japanese Encephalitis - In vivo electroporation increases efficacy of encephalitis vaccine
Leishmaniasis - HLA class II alleles play role in protection from leishmaniasis
Malaria Transmission - Plasmodium vivax transmission and control reviewed
Malaria Vaccine - Malaria prime boost vaccines reviewed
Measles Vaccine - Influence of HLA-DRB1 alleles on immune responses to measles examined
Measles Vaccine - Maternal vaccine status affects placental transfer of measles antibody
Measles Vaccine - Number of infectious measles viruses in vaccines estimated by PCR
Melanoma Vaccine - Enhanced tumor response to dendritic cells without CD8+ cells reported
Meningitis Vaccine - Meningococcal PorA protein induces bactericidal immune response
Meningococcal Vaccine - Meningococcal conjugate vaccines reviewed
Microencapsulation - Antigen delivery by polylactide co-glycolide microparticles developed
Mucosal Immunization - Mucosal immunization with cholera adjuvant offers long-term immunity
Nuclear Factor - IAP expression induces intestinal epithelial cells to resist apoptosis
Personnel - Thomas H. McLain named chairman of the board of StaphVAX maker
Pertussis Vaccine - Effect of pertussis vaccines on pulmonary immunology via aerosol reviewed
Pertussis Vaccine - Rapid purification method for pertussis toxin developed
Polio Vaccine - Analysis of poliovirus isolates from patients and vaccinees reported
Rotavirus - Surveillance planned in Asia for devastating diarrheal disease in children
SARS - Chinese scientists begin testing SARS vaccine on humans
Salmonella - Anti-Salmonella typhi Vi ELISA developed
Smallpox - The search for a safer smallpox vaccine: new data on promising candidate
Streptococcus - Streptococcal inhibitor of complement interactions investigated
Vaccine Adjuvant - Asparagus racemosus extract shows potential as vaccine adjuvant
Vaccine Adjuvant - Host factors affecting response to vaccine adjuvants reported
Vaccine Development - DNA shuffling and screening technologies overcome antigenic diversity
Vaccine Development - Method to load antigen-presenting protein with glycolipids developed
Varicella Vaccine - HMO varicella vaccination program decreases incidence of varicella
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia - Company gets grant for development of P. aeruginosa vaccine
Virology - Book says monkey virus contaminated polio vaccine
Virology - Study suggests double punch could more efficiently kill viruses
Virology Vaccine - Cytokine responses to inactivated viruses fail to default without IL-12
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