Vaccine Weekly

Influenza Vaccine - Factors influencing influenza vaccination in elderly reported

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination recommended for HIV-1-infected patients

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccines safe and efficacious in heart transplant recipients

Influenza Vaccine - Standing orders in ambulatory setting increases influenza vaccine usage

Lassa Fever - Experimental vaccine protects nonhuman primates from Lassa fever

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - DNA vaccine protects against Leishmania donovani

Liposomes - Novel mechanism of hybrid liposomes-induced apoptosis in human tumor cells found

Malaria Vaccine -  P. falciparum surface protein P. vivax homologue characterized

Malaria Vaccine - U.S. NIH awards multi-year $3 million SBIR grant to develop malaria vaccine

Melanoma - Lovastatin induced apoptosis in human melanoma cell lines

Meningococcal Vaccines - Findings describe new data in meningococcal vaccines research

Mycobacterium Bovis - Tuberculosis in animals and humans reviewed

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis - Immunity to infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis is influenced by age

Necatoriasis Vaccine - Hookworm calreticulin is potential vaccine candidate for necatoriasis

Neurodegenerative Disease - Viral vectors used to treat neurodegenerative disorders

Newcastle Disease Vaccine - Existing vaccines protect chickens against Newcastle disease outbreak

Oncology - Interleukin-27 transduction prevents new tumor formation in study animals

Organ Transplantation - Dendritic cells expressing indoleamine dioxygenase inhibited T cells

Pain Management - Companies announce antibody drug conjugate collaboration

Pancreatic Cancer - Keyhole limpet hemocyanin affected breast and pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer - LY293111 improved efficacy of gemcitabine therapy for pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic Cancer - Therapeutics company initiates phase 2 trial of talabostat in pancreatic cancer

Papillomavirus Vaccine - DNA vaccine protects beagle dogs from canine oral papillomavirus

Parancoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration - Yeast induced anti-paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration responses

Parkinson Disease - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of Parkinson disease

Patents - Biopharm company associated with U of Texas awarded additional Advexin patent

Pediatric Vaccine - Immunogenicity of vaccines in Asian infants born in U.K. reported

Pediatric Vaccine - Vaccines, neonatal jaundice, and animal-induced injuries reviewed

Personnel - Biotechnology company builds senior management team

Personnel - Cancer-focused company announces three senior management promotions

Personnel - Sam Michini named VP of sales and marketing by biopharmaceutical company

Pertussis Vaccine - Epidemiology of pertussis reviewed

Philanthropy - Pharma company names fourth class of Global Health Fellows

Pneumococcal Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in pneumococcal vaccines studies

Pneumonia Vaccine - Immunization route affects efficacy of Klebsiella pneumoniae vaccine

Prostate Cancer - Biotech company published paper on phase II Onyvax-P trial

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus - Hemorrhagic disease virus capsid protein possesses immunogenic features

SARS Vaccine - RNA interference inhibits SARS-CoV antigen

Sepsis Therapy - Dendritic cells encoding IL-10 used to treat sepsis

Smallpox Vaccine - Company announces testing of synthetic DNA vaccine against smallpox

Streptococcal Vaccine - M protein antibodies opsonize Streptococcus pyogenes strains

Streptococcus Vaccine - COPD azithromycin therapy after Streptococcus vaccine reported

Therapeutic Vaccines - Poor T-cell responsiveness limits current development approaches

Tuberculosis Risk Factors - Risk of TB for children in contact with infected adults reported

Tuberculosis Vaccine -  M. tuberculosis 19-kDa lipoprotein eliminates BCG protection

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Mucosal delivery of ESAT-6 induces cell-mediated responses in lung

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Vaccination with lipid-formulated BCG protects against bovine TB

Vaccine Adjuvant - Helminth protein is potent adjuvant for HIV-1 and SARS-CoV antigens

Vaccine Adjuvant - Leptin promotes differentiation and survival of human dendritic cells

Vaccine Adjuvant - Sequential oligopeptide carriers SOC_n -I and SOC_n -II reviewed

Vaccine Delivery - Injection of DNA into skin induces dermatitis via toll-like receptor 9

Vaccine Delivery - Plant and bacterial toxins provide insights on delivery into cells

Vaccine Development - Africa: Gates boosts health research for developing countries

Vaccine Development - Vaccine researchers selected for a grant offer from U.S. NIH Foundation

Vaccine Efficacy - Indications of herd-specific vaccines in swine reported

Vaccine Vector - Interference with IL-1-signaling pathway improves adenovirus vectors

Vaccine Vector - Intracellular trafficking of adeno-associated viral vectors reviewed

Vaccine Vector - Polyethylenimine vector ability due to avoidance of acidic lysosomes

Vaccine Vectors - Antibodies to adenovirus vectors directed against hexon protein

Vaccine Vectors - Nuclear entry of nonviral vectors reviewed

Vaccine Vectors - Viral vectors produced using recombinase-mediated cassette exchange

Vaccines Vector - Reports add new data to vaccines vector research

Varicella Vaccine - Disparities exist in varicella vaccine coverage in Canada

Virology Vaccine - Infectious bursal disease vaccine delayed vaccine virus replication

Virology Vaccine - Vaccine protected Cyprinus carpio against lethal viral disease

Virology Vaccines - New findings in the area of virology vaccines described

Yellow Fever - Fragment of yellow fever virus may hold key to safer vaccine