Vaccine Weekly

Influenza Vaccine - Changes in hemagglutinins and neuraminidases of influenza B viruses outlined

Influenza Vaccine - Intranasal virosome influenza vaccine induces strong immunity in ferrets

Influenza Vaccine - Parenteral influenza vaccine influences T cell-mediated immunity in adults

Influenza Vaccines - Flu vaccine available to larger Mississippi group

Influenza Vaccines - Indian Health Services gives New Mexico 10,000 flu vaccines

Influenza Vaccines - Poll reveals flu shot data

Influenza Vaccines - Restrictions on flu vaccine eased in South Carolina

Influenza Vaccines - Wisconsin lifts flu shot restrictions

Johne Disease Vaccine - Immune response to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis described

Leishmaniasis - Cutaneous and mucosal Leishmania strains isolated from same patient analyzed

Leishmaniasis - Insect galectins play role in parasite survival

Leishmaniasis - Pharmaceutical company receives approval to market leishmaniasis drug in Germany

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Analog of human beta-casein fragment effective against Leishmania

Leukemia - Encouraging data reported from phase II trial of leukemia vaccine

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 8 characterized

Malaria Vaccine - Method developed to produce antibodies specific for MSP-3 protein in mice

Medical Reporting - Year in medicine report from Harvard Medical School focuses on medical advances

Melanoma - Clearance granted to commence trials of autologous cell vaccine

Meningitis - Law requires colleges to provide meningitis information

Meningitis Outbreak - Enteroviruses responsible for outbreak of aseptic meningitis identified

Mucosal Immunization - Mucosal immune system reviewed

Pancreatic Cancer - Dendritic cell vaccine has antitumor effect against pancreatic cancer

Patent - Drug development company issued patent for regulation of mismatch repair

Personnel - Michael T. Sember named as president and CEO

Pharmaceutical Research - Antibody pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics reviewed

Pneumonia - Discovery of key protein's shape may lead to better bacterial pneumonia vaccine

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Anti-G protein antibodies to RSV linked to G protein binding inhibition

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Shifting immunodominance pattern of epitopes in RSV glycoprotein reported

Rotavirus Vaccine - Mutation of rotavirus genome alters expression of IRF3-interacting protein

SARS Vaccine - Fusion core of SARS-coronavirus spike protein characterized

Smallpox Vaccine - Cowpox virus host range gene affects vaccinia viral translation in HeLa cells

Smallpox Vaccine - Modified vaccinia virus vaccine protects against lethal challenge

Smallpox Vaccine - Potential of variola infection of macaques as smallpox model investigated

Smallpox Vaccine - Protein and genome analysis company awarded grant to develop smallpox vaccine

Stem Cell Research - Fetal, cord blood, and adult lymphocyte progenitors generate similar B cells

Tetanus Vaccine - Tetanus vaccination with IL-2 during HAART induces sustained T-cell responses

Toxoplasmosis - Rhoptries from Toxoplasma gondii tachyzoites isolated

Urinary Tract Infections - Company develops transmucosal vaccine for urinary tract infections in women

Vaccine Adjuvant - Resiquimod is new vaccine adjuvant for Th1 immune responses

Vaccine Development - Biopharma company submits marketing authorization for StaphVAX

Vaccine Development - Dendritic cell recruitment may broaden the value of DNA vaccines

Vaccine Development - T-cell receptor tetramers bind MHC-peptide complexes with high affinity

Vaccine Research - Company to launch cancer-vaccine research sub: BN ImmunoTherapeutics

Vaccine Vector - Adenoviral vector vaccine process to overcome anergy to antigens described

Varicella Vaccine - Effective varicella vaccine developed

Virology - Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 is a SARS coronavirus receptor