Vaccine Weekly

AIDS/HIV Vaccine - Site mapping in HIV genome may provide new approach to vaccine design

Anthrax Vaccine - DNA vaccine protects mice against challenge anthrax STI spores

Hypertension Vaccine - Vaccine elicits anti-angiotensin I antibodies in hypertensive subjects

Microencapsulation - Microspheres induce adult-like CD8+ cytotoxic T cell responses

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Antigen-derived peptides induce CTLs in prostate cancer patients

AIDS/HIV Vaccine - HLA class I serotypes important in vaccine efficacy assessments

AIDS/HIV Vaccine - Parenteral and mucosal DNA vaccination enhances SHIV infection control

Adenovirus Vaccine - Simian virus-tainted adenovirus vaccine does not increase cancer risk

Alzheimer Disease - Zinc-binding agonists affect recognition of beta-amyloid epitopes

Bioterrorism - Company gets contract for development of new vaccine adjuvants for biodefense

Cancer Therapy - Efficacy and safety for cancer immunotherapy preclinical results published

Cancer Vaccine - Antitumor responses promoted by bone marrow from immunized donors

Cancer Vaccine - Clinical trial initiated for novel therapeutic DNA cancer vaccine

Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine enhances IFN gene therapy for malignant glioma

Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cells partially protect against intracerebral viral challenge

Cancer Vaccine - HSP70 expression in apoptotic cells correlates with antitumor efficacy

Cancer Vaccine - Heat shock protein tumor vaccine enhances immune responses

Cancer Vaccine - Poor immunogenicity of tumor antigen due to peptide-MHC-I instability

Cancer Vaccine - Tumor lysate-pulsed cells safe and effective for urological cancers

Cancer Vaccine Development - Killing malignant not normal B cells important for vaccine development

Childhood Immunizations - Researchers and policy makers asked to "fast track" access to childhood vaccines

Colon Cancer - Eloxatin to receive expanded indication in Europe for early-stage colon cancer

Contraception - Efficacy of anti-fertility vaccine compared in male animals

Cytomegalovirus Vaccine - Cytomegalovirus immune evasion proteins do not prevent T-cell response

DNA Vaccine - TLR9- and TLR9+ mice display similar immune responses to DNA vaccine

Dengue Virus Vaccine - Homotypic interaction domain of core protein of dengue virus identified

Diphtheria Vaccine - Diptheria toxin expressed in Streptococcus fails to neutralize toxicity

Encephalomyelitis - Amino acid copolymers amerliorate encephalomyelitis

Encephalomyelitis - T cells specific for onconeuronal antigen mediate encephalomyelitis

Grants - Federal grant will increase testing of newborns in U.S. heartland

HIV/AIDS Epidemiology - Act now to avoid a major HIV/AIDS epidemic in Western Pacific region, WHO says

HIV/AIDS Treatment - HIV vaccine trial moving to enroll last cohort of volunteers

Head and Neck Cancer - Immunological aspects of head and neck cancer reviewed

Hepatitis - Biotechnology company names clinical advisory board

Hepatitis B - WHO stresses importance of childhood immunization against hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Hepatitis B vaccination effective in intravenous drug users

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Practical difficulties in managing hepatitis B in Asia-Pacific reported

Herpesvirus Vaccine - Herpesvirus induces IFN-alpha via Toll-like receptor pathways

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - DNA vaccine targeting HPV type 16 oncoprotein E6 developed

Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Human papillomavirus in cervical cancers in Mozambique genotyped

Immunization - Montana chicken pox vaccination rate well below national average

Immunology - Trafficking of anti-complement receptor antibody investigated

Influenza - Association launches flu-shot locator