Vaccine Weekly

Anthrax Vaccine - Antibodies against anthrax protective antigen promote macrophage death

Breast Cancer Vaccine - IL-12-engineered allogeneic cell vaccine prevents breast cancer

Malaria Vaccine - Antibodies against MAEBL ligand domains inhibit sporozoite development

Malaria Vaccine - Responses to antigen of Plasmodium linked to malaria immunity

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine - MVA ROP2 vaccinia virus is vaccine candidate for toxoplasmosis

AIDS/HIV Therapy - Protective T-cell epitope in p15^gag of leukemia virus identified

Adeno-Associated Virus - Virus type antibodies inhibit recombinant AAV2-mediated gene transfer

Alzheimer Disease - Study says vaccine treatment slowed memory slide in Alzheimer patients

Anthrax Vaccine - Immunological memory promotes immunity by anthrax antigen-based vaccine

Ataxia-Telangiectasia - Pneumococcal vaccine elicits antibody response to ataxia-telangiectasia

Avian Influenza - Bird flu resurfaces in parts of Indonesia, prompts vaccination

Bluetongue Virus - Arbovirus nonstructural protein plays role in cellular pathogenesis

Botulinum Toxin - Glu212 carboxylate plays key role in botulinum toxin catalytic pathway

Breast Cancer Vaccine - Method to quantify immune response in cancer patients developed

Brucellosis - Oral vaccine may protect against respiratory disease, potential biowarfare agent

Business Update - Biopharmaceutical company to expand manufacturing facility for vaccine products

Business Update - CRO announces $1.4 million of new business contracts

Business Update - Engineering group announces contract from vaccine business

Cancer Research - Food and drug retailer funds professorship for prostate cancer research at UCSF

Cancer Therapy - Vet school professor using gene therapy to battle cancerous tumors

Cancer Vaccine - CXCR3 plays pivotal role in melanoma cell metastasis to lymph nodes

Cancer Vaccine - MAGE-1 peptide recognized by T cells on HLA-B*5701 tumors identified

Cancer Vaccine - Profile of tumor antigens on breast and pancreatic cancer cells created

Cancer Vaccine - Progress on new vaccine strategies to treat and prevent cancer reviewed

Candidiasis - Toll-like receptor 2 dispensable for resistance to Candida albicans

Chagas Disease - Autoimmune response induced by Trypanosoma cruzi proteins

Collaborations - Agreement signed to develop disposable-cartridge jet injection system

DPT Vaccine -  Withania somnifera extract modulates immune response to DPT vaccine

Drug Development - Second clinical trial of anti-smoking vaccine has successful results

Encephalitis Vaccine - Stimulation of immune system by different TBE-virus vaccines reported

Encephalitis Vaccine - Sub-genomic replicons of tick-borne encephalitis virus constructed

Gastroenterology - ROTARIX vaccine approved by Mexican authorities for gastroenteritis in infants

Gene Therapy - Polymeric nanoparticles used as gene carriers in gastric mucus

H. Pylori Prevention - NIAID grant awarded to continue development of H. pylori vaccine

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Biopharma company reports encouraging preliminary HIV/AIDS vaccine results

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - First patients enrolled in HIV vaccine trial

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Preliminary EP HIV-1090 trial data presented at international AIDS conference

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Tomatoes may offer edible AIDS vaccine

Helicobacter Pylori - Scientists discover new intricacies in how ulcer bugs stick to stomach

Helicobacter Vaccine - Antigen from H. pylori urease used for vaccine

Helicobacter Vaccine - Vaccine safe and effective against H. pylori infection in dog model

Hepatitis - Hepatitis as travelers' disease reviewed

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Barriers to hepatitis B vaccination in Korean Americans identified

Hepatitis C Vaccine - Chimpanzees infected hepatitis C lack dendritic cell impairment

Hepatitis C Vaccine - Clearance of hepatitis C viremia associated with cellular immunity

Herpesvirus Vaccine - Herpesvirus CJ83193 is effective vaccine against HSV-1 infection

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Two novel human papillomavirus-16 E7 T helper epitopes identified

Immunization - Merck Vaccine Network-Africa Training Center in Kenya conducts training class

Immunology - Alum-induced myeloid cell population promotes B cell immune responses

Immunology - Drug company reports data on HIV research at international AIDS conference

Immunology - Immunological memory in humans reviewed