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Vaccine Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 18th, 2004

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Dendritic Cell Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine enhances T cell responses in gastric cancer

Flavivirus - Live flavivirus vaccines require caution

Hepatitis C Vaccine - Chimpanzee model plays key role in study of hepatitis C

Human papillomavirus Vaccine - Human papillomavirus DNA vaccines compared

Influenza Vaccine - Universal human influenza A vaccine developed

Allergy Medicine - Allergy and clinical immunology reviewed

Allergy Medicine - Toll-like receptors may be good vaccine candidates in allergic disease

Animal Model - Mouse model developed to evaluate of DNA minigene vaccines

Bacteriology Vaccine - Apoptosis paves path for T cell activation against bacteria

Breast Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine safe in patients with advanced breast cancer

Business & Finance - Biopharmaceutical company adopts policies to move toward Nasdaq compliance

Cancer Vaccine - Anti-idiotypic scFv used as surrogate tumor antigen characterized

Cancer Vaccine - Antitumor neoglycopeptide vaccine with Tn antigen synthesized

Cancer Vaccine - CD4 to CD8 conversion occurs in MHC class I-deficient mice

Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine causes expansion of melanoma-specific T cells

Cancer Vaccine - Imatinib mesylate inhibits increases chemosensitivity in sarcoma

Cancer Vaccine - WT1 peptide vaccine with BCG-CWS is efficient for tumor eradication

Cholera Vaccine -  V. cholerae toxoid and mucinases protect guinea pigs from infection

Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Monocyte-derived dendritic cells in lymphocytic leukemia characterized

Colorectal Cancer - Dipeptidase 1 is candidate tumor-specific marker in colon cancer

DNA Vaccine - DNA immunization achieved with plasmids expressing hCG beta-chimeras

Drug Delivery - DelSite inks vaccine research agreement and expands facilities

Drug Development - New breed of vaccine-producing plants aims to fight human diseases worldwide

Drug Development - Phase 1 clinical trial with bivalent anthrax vaccine initiated

Encephalitis - HLA-DRB1*0401-restricted MBP111-129-specific T cells may be pathogenic

Finance - Company demands delisting of its common stock from Berlin-Bremen Stock Exchange

Finance - Fluvirin maker reports Q2 earnings down due in part to PowderJect acquisition

Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine - Pressure-inactivated foot-and-mouth disease virus is vaccine candidate

Helicobacter Vaccine - Vector-priming increases efficacy of H. pylori urease vaccine

Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome - Shiga toxin subunit inhibits net fluid absorption in human colon

Hepatitis - Application filed with U.S. FDA to market hepatitis C medication for hepatitis B

Hepatitis - New hepatitis B indication filed for PEGASYS filed in U.S., E.U. and Switzerland

Hepatitis A Virus - Health official says no errors made in hepatitis scare

Herpesvirus Vaccine - Immunostimulatory CpG DNA induces immunity against genital herpes

Immunization - Linking government payments to childhood immunization is effective

Immunology - Electro-acupuncture modulates Th1/Th2 cell response

Immunology - Phagocytosis depends on bacterial lipooligosaccharide expression

Influenza - Record number of flu vaccines to be made

Influenza Vaccine - Economic implications of enhanced pandemic vaccine supply outlined

Influenza Vaccine - Epidermal powder immunization enhances vaccine immunogenicity

Influenza Vaccine - Exercise improves antibody response to influenza vaccine in elderly

Influenza Vaccine - Horse erythrocytes aid detection of anti-influenza responses in sera

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza A viruses possess potential as vaccine components

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza virus A/PR/8/34 grown from eight cDNA fragments

Influenza Vaccine - Medical economics in the field of influenza reviewed

Influenza Vaccine - Metabolism of MDCK cells during influenza virus production described

Influenza Vaccine - RNA interference protects against lethal influenza virus challenge

Influenza Vaccine - Real-time RT-PCR applied for quantitation of avian influenza virus

Influenza Vaccine - Strategies against influenza in children outlined

Influenza Vaccine - Viral components other than hemagglutinin protective in influenza model

Influenza Vaccine - Virosomal influenza vaccine is safe and effective in elderly

Influenza Virus - Status of live attenuated influenza virus vaccine in U.S. reported

Information Technology - Analytical tool for studying R&D efforts available

Leishmaniasis - Expression profiling of the Leishmania life cycle conducted

Liver Cancer - Unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma therapies reviewed

MMR Vaccine - MMR vaccine booster needed in children with bone marrow transplants

Malaria - NIH advises company it intends to fund $2.8 million for malaria vaccine program

Meningitis - Encouraging results seen for long-term efficacy of meningitis C vaccine

Meningitis Vaccine - Antigenic variation of PorA protein in Neisseria investigated

Meningitis Vaccine - Membrane protein vesicle vaccine effective against N. meningitidis

Meningitis Vaccine - PorA protein of Neisseria meningitidis activates dendritic cells

Meningococcal Vaccine - Potential mutational hot spot found in meningococci serotype antigens

Microencapsulation - Sub-compartmentalization of GI immune system determined with microbeads

Mucosal Immunization - Nasal vaccine schedules need to allow immunological memory development

Multiple Sclerosis - Neuroprotection and inflammation blockade reverses encephalomyelitis

Neuroscience - Therapeutic window after spinal cord injury can accommodate vaccination

Parasitology -  Eimeria vaccine candidate appears to be lactate dehydrogenase

Parasitology - Antigenic glycans in parasitic infections are vaccine candidates

Parasitology - Manipulation of apoptosis in host-parasite interactions reviewed

Parasitology - Vaccine prevents Echinococcus from infecting animal hosts

Patents - U.S. government grants patent for MVA-BN vaccine

Pediatric Vaccine - Physician perspectives on childhood immunization barriers outlined

Personnel - RNAi company names Jack R. Barber, PhD, senior VP, drug development

Pertussis Vaccine - Immunity induced by DTwP vaccine losing efficacy against B. pertussis

Polio - Authorities battle polio outbreak in Muslim region following vaccination ban

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Pulmonary delivery of RSV vaccines achieved via albumin particles

Rheumatoid Arthritis - p38 inhibitors are efficacious in rheumatoid arthritis models

SARS - New glycan arrays discover autoimmunogenic activities of SARS-CoV

Schistosomiasis - Immunogenicity of Schistosoma dehydrogenase peptides reported

Smallpox - FDA grants fast track designation for smallpox vaccine candidate IMVAMUNE

Smallpox Vaccine - Time effects of vaccination exist on T cell memory to smallpox

Tetanus Vaccine - Opportunities missed for tetanus vaccination in pregnant Turkish women

Therapeutics - $3M Congressional appropriation to support antibody development programs

Tuberculosis - Farm worker pleads no contest after evading tuberculosis treatment

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis characterized

Tularemia Vaccine - Attenuated F. tularensis vaccine offers some protection

Vaccine Adjuvant - Particulate adjuvant enhances effectiveness of DNA vaccination

Vaccine Delivery -  Moraxella catarrhalis proteins act as conjugate carriers

Vaccine Development - Antigen selection based on expression aids vaccine development

Vaccine Development - Antigenic peptide derived from cancer-testis antigen NY-ESO-1

Vaccine Development - Peptides found through phage display direct antigen to dendritic cells

Vaccine Development - Strategies to enhance immunostimulatory effects of CpG ODN reviewed

Vaccine Efficacy - Number needed to vaccinate developed for vaccine programs

Vaccine Efficacy - Vaccine protects against six diseases in infants

Vaccine Safety - Case cross-over design useful to find link between vaccine and safety

Vectors and Zoonoses - Salivary gland protein disrupts feeding by horn flies

Yellow Fever Vaccine - Neurotropic disease incidence very low after yellow fever vaccine

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