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Vaccine Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . June 23rd, 2004

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Candida Vaccine -  Candida albicans strain protects against systemic candidiasis

Malaria Vaccine - Merozoite surface protein antibodies inhibit malaria antibody responses

Meningococcal Vaccine - Integrity assay for meningococcal type B conjugate vaccine developed

Ovarian Cancer - Anti-tumor responses induced by ovarian cancer protein characterized

Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates against lethal monkeypox

AIDS Vaccine - Volunteers needed as more AIDS vaccines move into clinical trials

Avian Influenza - Biotech firm to make flu vaccine for U.S. National Institutes of Health studies

Avian Influenza - NIAID announces contracts to develop vaccine against H5N1 strain of bird flu

Bladder Cancer - Carbonic anhydrase IX predictive of outcome in bladder cancer

Breast Cancer Vaccine - Electroporated DNA vaccine clears breast cancer in transgenic mice

Business Update - Genetic manufacturing company relocates

Cancer Vaccine - Melanoma cells expressing CD83 induce antitumor immunity

Cancer Vaccine - NY-ESO-1 protein protects against NY-ESO-1+ tumors

Cancer Vaccine - Researchers turn tumor cells in situ into tumor epitope-presenters

Childhood Immunization - More work needed on national immunization registry

Childhood Immunization - Vaccines don't increase risk for asthma, eczema

Chlamydia - Glycosaminoglycans protect against Chlamydia infection in vitro

Collaborations - FTC clears reacquisition of intranasal influenza vaccine products

Colorectal Cancer - Treatment options for liver metastases from colorectal cancer outlined

DNA Vaccine - Inoculation of plasmid DNA induced expression of LacZ gene

Eczema - Current smallpox vaccine can be harmful to people with skin disorder

Gastric Cancer - Results of phase II study of G17DT vaccine reported

Gastroenteritis - Efficacy results announced for gastroenteritis-causing rotavirus vaccine

Gastroenteritis - Licensing agreement will further research into norovirus treatments

Haemophilus Vaccine -  Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in immunodeficient girl reported

Hepatitis A Vaccine - Benefits of hepatitis A vaccination for drug users investigated

Hepatitis A Vaccine - Immunogenicity data on Aventis Pasteur hepatitis A vaccines compiled

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Mechanism of hepatitis antigen adsorption by Al(OH)3 elucidated

Immunology - Modified interferon-beta protein may one day help multiple sclerosis patients

Influenza - Positive progress reported on powder vaccine delivery technology

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza viruses isolated in 1997 and 2003 have antigenic differences

Malaria - MS analysis of P. falciparum protein variants reported

Malaria - Proteomics in malaria reviewed

Measles Outbreak - Largest U.S. outbreak of measles in 1999 characterized

Measles Vaccine - Clinical significance of measles reviewed

Measles Vaccine - Evolution of measles elimination strategies in the United States

Measles Vaccine - Progress toward measles eradication in the Americas updated

Melanoma Vaccine - Melanoma vaccine based on vector of membrane fusogenic liposomes

Melanoma Vaccine - Reproductive death delayed in progeny of irradiated melanoma cells

Metapneumovirus - Human metapneumovirus recovered from cDNA

Mucosal Immunization - Intestinal villous cells allow antigen entry site in mucosal epithelium

Natural Disasters - Threat of disease posed by dead bodies after natural disasters unfounded

Obesity and Diabetes - Weight loss significantly improved metabolic syndrome in obese Koreans

Oncogenesis - Epithelial metaplasia may be involved in antitumor immunity

Osteosarcoma - Apo2L/TRAIL and doxorubicin increases sensitivity to bone sarcomas

Pediatric Vaccine - Vaccine against six diseases is safe and effective in children

Polio - Two African countries focus of effort to interrupt transmission

Polio Vaccine - Seroprevalence of poliovirus antibody among children in Korea reported

Prostate Cancer - Androgen deprivation affects thyroid function tests in prostate cancer

Quality Assurance - Report shows FDA inspectors found quality-control problems at Wyeth plant

Regulatory Issues - Report finds problems at Wyeth vaccine plant

Rotavirus Vaccine - Background risk of intussusception in children reported

Salmonella -  Salmonella has poor survival but high immunogenicity in resistant mice

Salmonella Vaccine - Immunogenic properties of Salmonella atypical fimbriae determined

Smallpox - Data supports efficacy of LC16m8 smallpox vaccine candidate

Smallpox Vaccine - Mouse neurotoxicity test for vaccinia-based smallpox vaccines developed

Staphylococcus Vaccine - Staphylococcal enterotoxin B mutant protein protective in C3H/HeJ mice

Streptococcus - Streptococci from infants with invasive disease characterized

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Inactivated Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine protects against TB

Vaccine Adjuvant - Cell death induced by vaccine adjuvants containing surfactants

Vaccine Development - Inflammatory cytokines overcome age-related defects in T-cell responses

Vaccine Development - Tumor necrosis factor autovaccination eliminates melanoma metastasis

Vaccine Research - New licensing agreement to create therapeutic vaccine platform

Vaccines - DNA system to support research on vaccine devlivery

Vector Development - Adenovirus vector targets cells expressing junctional adhesion molecule

Vector Development - T-cell response to adenovirus hexon and DNA-binding protein in mice

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