Vaccine Weekly

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - DNA and protein vaccine protects against visceral leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis Vaccine - Experimental challenge model for Leishmania infantum in dogs examined

Leukemia Vaccine - Autologous tumor vaccines benefit some chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients

Leukemia Vaccine - Dendritic cells AML blasts maintain expression of leukemia antigens

Lung Cancer - Company reports clinical data from GVAX vaccine for lung cancer program

Lung Cancer - Novel small molecule, EOD, induced apoptosis in A549 human lung cancer cells

Lyme Disease Vaccine - Multicomponent Lyme vaccine better than single- or double-component vaccines

Malaria Vaccine -  Plasmodium falciparum T cell cytokine responses are age dependent

Malaria Vaccine - Apical membrane antigen vaccine elicits immunity in malaria-naive humans

Malaria Vaccine - Yield of merozoite surface protein 3 from Pichia pastoris improved

Malaria Vaccines - Researchers' work adds to malaria vaccines body of knowledge

Measles Vaccine - Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase mediates anti-measles virus activity of IFN-gamma

Melanoma - Reports describe recent advances in melanoma research

Melanoma Vaccine - Melanoma-associated antigen mimotopes induce antibodies recognizing melanoma

Meningitis - Vaccination recommended for middle school-aged children

Meningitis Vaccine - Outer membrane vesicles from N. meningitidis lpxl mutants characterized

Mergers & Acquisitions - Acquisition of Peninsula Pharmaceuticals, Inc. by healthcare products company

Mergers & Acquisitions - Biological and biotechnology products company announces acquisitions

Mucosal Immunization - Targeting lymphocyte Peyer's patch adhesion molecule allows gut immunization

Multiple Sclerosis - New findings in the area of multiple sclerosis detailed

Pancreatic Cancer - Aurora kinases as antioncogenic agents discussed

Parasitology - Three deadly parasite genomes sequenced

Parkinson Disease - Gene therapy for Parkinson disease uses adeno-associated viral vectors

Patents - U.S. patent granted for modified virus ankara

Personnel - TB partnership names director of policy

Pertussis - Immunization committee urges universal pertussis booster shot for adolescents

Pertussis - Infectious disease organization applauds pertussis immunization recommendations

Pertussis Vaccine - Adolescents and adults would benefit from pertussis vaccination

Pertussis Vaccine - Newborn piglets provide new model for pertussis

Plague Vaccine - Immune response to plague vaccine containing F1 and V antigens described

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Ethical analysis of pneumococcal vaccination in elderly discussed

Pneumococcal Vaccine - ICD-9-CM data can help determine eligibility for pneumococcal vaccination

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Impact of vaccine shortages on provider use of pneumococcal vaccines examined

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Safety of pneumococcal vaccine in previously vaccinated seniors examined

Prostate Cancer - Company initiates second phase III trial of GVAX vaccine for prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Immunodominant CTL epitope of prostate specific antigen identified

Proteomics - Protein-protein inhibitors being developed

Renal Cell Cancer - Cyclophosphamide augments dendritic cell vaccine against renal cell carcinoma

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Molecules inhibit respiratory syncytial virus fusion by similar mechanisms

Rift Valley Fever - Inhibition ELISA to detect Rift Valley fever virus antibody developed

Rotavirus Vaccine - Porcine rotavirus-based human rotavirus candidate vaccines constructed

SARS Coronavirus - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of SARS coronavirus

SARS Vaccines - Reports add new data to SARS vaccines research

Salmonella Vaccine -  Salmonella Typhi Ty21a elicits oligoclonal expansion of CD8+ T cells

Schistosomiasis Vaccines - Recent studies add new data to schistosomiasis vaccines research

Schizophrenia - Sumitomo will collaborate on atypical antipsychotic compound

Swine Fever Virus Vaccine - DNA vaccine confer total protection against swine fever virus upon challenge

Tetanus Vaccine - Recommendations for tetanus immunization after trauma presented

Tick-Borne Disease - RNA interference screening in ticks used to identify protective antigens

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine - IMP dehydrogenase from Toxoplasma gondii characterized

Toxoplasmosis Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in toxoplasmosis vaccines research

Trypanosomiasis - Tsetse fly midgut proteins immunize rabbits against fly bites

Tuberculosis Risk Factors - Risk factors for latent tuberculosis in Mexican American children outlined

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Mycobacterial protein improves M. bovis BCG vaccine protection

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Recent developments in tuberculosis vaccines reviewed

Tularemia Vaccine -  F. tularensis vaccine strain induces only human cells to secrete cytokines

Tularemia Vaccine - Advances in tularemia vaccine reviewed

Vaccine Adjuvant - Nontoxic Shiga toxin derivatives from E. coli possess adjuvant activity

Vaccine Adjuvant - Pseudorabies virus harboring IgG Fc domain protects mice from challenge

Vaccine Development - Life science company awarded global license for Parvovirus B19 vaccine

Vaccine Development - Oral OVA/CpG-ODN induces specific mucosal and systemic immune responses

Vaccine Development - Protein production by vaccinia virus in cell perfusion bioreactor described

Vaccine Efficacy - Scaling properties of epidemics before and after mass vaccination presented

Vaccine Safety - Probability of coincident vaccination with SIDS death calculated

Vaccine Vector - 2A peptide-based strategies for designing multicistronic vectors developed

Vaccine Vector - Baculovirus vector system for expression in insect and mammal cells developed

Vaccine Vector - Pilot-scale adenovirus seed production and concentration described

Vaccinia Virus - SUMO-1 modification of vaccinia virus protein prevents its self-association

Vector Development - Non-viral vectors send genes into the lungs

Virology - Common vaccines destroy cancer cells

Virology Vaccine - Immunity in dogs after viral vaccinations persists at least 3 years

West Nile Virus Vaccine - Chimeric dengue/West Nile viruses protect against lethal challenge

West Nile Virus Vaccine - Vaccine protects dogs and cats against a mosquito West Nile virus challenge