Vaccine Weekly

Influenza Outbreak - Flu season starts in Oregon

Influenza Vaccine - Alabama nursing homes still waiting for flu shots

Influenza Vaccine - Chiron asks British regulators to inspect flu vaccine facility

Influenza Vaccine - HHS head Thompson announces contract to support egg supply for flu vaccines

Influenza Vaccine - Hawaii opens flu shot clinics for chronically ill

Influenza Vaccine - Ineffective vaccine given to about 300 in Arkansas, health official says

Influenza Vaccine - Senator says money for new flu vaccine research probably on the

Influenza Vaccine - Utah lifting flu shot restrictions

Influenza Vaccine - Vermont to hold 17 flu shot clinics

Leishmaniasis Vaccine -  Leishmania major exogenous antigens protects against infection

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Central memory T cells mediate long-term immunity to Leishmania major

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - T cells mediate immunity to Leishmania major in absence of parasites

Leukemia Vaccine - Leukemic cells have high B7-H1 and B7.1 expression and resist lysis

Listeria Vaccine -  Listeria monocytogenes aro mutants show promise as vaccine candidates

Lung Cancer - Cancer vaccine helped patients in phase IIb trial survive 4.4 months longer

Lyme Disease -  Borrelia burgdorferi changes antigens based on host immune response

MMR Vaccine - Differential immune responses to MMR vaccine in Israeli children documented

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium yoelii proteins enhance protection against malaria

Malaria Vaccine - Anatomy of Plasmodium falciparum MSP-1 epitope mapped

Malaria Vaccine - Antigenic drift in Plasmodium vivax protein confers antibody resistance

Measles Vaccine - Measles vaccination rate in developed world

Melanoma - Data updates from phase 2 trial for metastatic melanoma drug presented

Melanoma Vaccine - Quiescent phenotype of tumor-specific CD8+ T cells following immunization

Meningitis Vaccine - Protection against N. meningitidis found without bactericidal activity

Meningococcal Vaccine - Distribution of protein variants among meningococci aids vaccine design

Meningococcal Vaccine - Intranasal immunization with liposomes plus meningococcal proteins studied

Mergers & Acquisitions - Biotechnology company amends merger agreement with HIV-focused pharm firm

Mergers & Acquisitions - Biotechnology holding company signs agreement to acquire Portage Biomed

Mergers & Acquisitions - Company amends merger agreement with V.I. Technologies

Neuropathy - Immunization protocols for motor axonal neuropathy rabbit model compared

Oncogenesis - Aged mice develop protective antitumor immune responses with costimulation

Oncology - Combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy generates tumor rejection

Patents - Canada-based biotechnology company receives U.S. patent for vaccine production

Pediatrics - Pediatric nutrition company lists steps to keep families well during flu season

Personnel - Biopharmaceutical company names new chief executive officer

Personnel - Flu vaccine maker names Jack Goldstein interim COO, Anne Hill VP of HR

Personnel - Haig takes over from father as chairman of the board

Pneumococcal Vaccine -  Streptococcus pneumoniae protects against fatal pneumococcal challenge

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Multiplex opsonophagocytosis assay useful to monitor pneumococcal vaccine

Pneumonia - Seniors in South Carolina urged to get pneumonia shots

Preventive Medicine - Despite setbacks, strong growth seen in $7 billion vaccine market

Renal Cancer - Dendritic cell-tumor fusion vaccines being developed for renal cell carcinoma

Renal-Cell Cancer - Allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for renal-cell cancer reviewed

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Signaling via prostaglandin receptor protects against RSV

Salmonella Vaccine - Attenuated Salmonella mutants cause fatal infections in mice

Salmonella Vaccine - B7 costimulatory molecules play role in antibody responses to Salmonella

Salmonella Vaccine - Delta yej Salmonella mutants induce superior CD8+ T-cell responses

Salmonella Vaccine - Live Salmonella vaccine protects against Salmonella enteritidis

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Vaccine protects against tetanus and schistosomiasis in mice

Staphylococcus - Sigma factor B required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

Streptococcus Vaccine - IgA important in protecting against Streptococcus pneumoniae

Tetanus - Case report of tetanus in immunized, healthy adult and no point of entry

Tuberculosis - Tuberculosis and HIV co-infection is a symbiotic relationship

Tuberculosis Vaccine - CD8 T cell activation protects against pulmonary tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Guidelines for latent tuberculosis testing and treatment released

Vaccine Adjuvant - Association of antigens to ISCOMATRIX adjuvant improves CTL responses

Vaccine Adjuvant - Cannabinoid is an adjuvant and in vivo chemoattractant for dendritic cells

Vaccine Adjuvant - Vaccines that facilitate antigen entry into dendritic cells reviewed

Vaccine Development - HER-2 Protein AutoVac starts phase II trial in breast cancer

Vaccine Development - Promoters are important elements in the design of DNA vaccines

Vaccine Development - U.S. HHS buys new anthrax vaccine for stockpile

Vaccine Development - Vaccinia vector with antigen-linked calreticulin elicits an antitumor response

Vaccine Development - Vectors expressing hepatitis C virus E1 proteins display antigenicity

Vaccine Safety - Childhood vaccine finance and safety issues reviewed

Vaccinia Virus - Vaccinia virus mutants fail to initiate morphogenesis

Vector Development - Porcine adenoviral vectors are effective vehicles for gene delivery

West Nile Virus - Netherlands Vaccine Institute signs agreement to produce West Nile vaccine

Wilms' Tumor Gene Vaccine - Wilms' tumor gene peptide vaccine causes cancer regression