Vaccine Weekly

Leukemia - 5-Aza-2'-deoxycytidine combined with valproic acid to treat leukemia

Leukemia - Immune system finding paves way for vaccine use in leukemia, lymphoma

Leukemia Vaccine - Leukemia-derived dendritic cells generated from myelodysplasia patients

Lewy Body Disease - Alpha-synuclein shows promise against Lewy body disease

Liposomal Delivery - Sphingomyelin/cholesterol liposome formulation of VRL showed antitumor activity

Lung Cancer - 7Beta-hydroxycholesterol showed cytotoxic effect on human lung cancer cells

Lymphoma - Single-agent temsirolimus evaluated for mantle cell lymphoma

MEK Inhibitor - Phase I and pharmacodynamic study of oral MEK inhibitor CI-1040 conducted

Malaria Vaccine - Induction of IgG to P. falciparum surface antigens investigated

Malaria Vaccine - Method for malaria vaccine development uses full-length cDNA libraries

Malaria Vaccine - Quantitative real-time PCR method for malaria diagnosis developed

Malaria Vaccines - New data illuminates research in malaria vaccines

Measles Vaccine - Enhancing of measles virus infection by magnetofection

Measles Vaccine - Immune responses induced by measles DNA vaccines characterized

Melanoma Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in melanoma vaccines research

Meningitis Vaccines - Studies add new findings to meningitis vaccines body of knowledge

Meningococcal Vaccine - Measurement of Norwegian MenBvac vaccine activity standardized

Neolignans - Neolignans from Saururus chinensis showed cytotoxic effects in cancer cells

Nippostrongylus Vaccine - Immune response to Nippostrongylus brasiliensis described

Ovarian Cancer - CA-125 test has higher levels of sensitivity and specificity when run with DR-70

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma - Histone deacetylase inhibitors induced caspase-independent apoptosis

Pathway Inhibitors - LY293111, a novel diaryl ether carboxylic acid derivative studied

Pediatric Vaccine - Influenza vaccines needed for children younger than 5 years

Pediatric Vaccine - Mother's education level increases likelihood of child immunization

Personnel - Antigen Express hires staff to accelerate pandemic influenza vaccine development

Personnel - Antiviral therapeutic products company appoints executive vice president and CFO

Pertussis Vaccine -  Bordetella pertussis populations in Europe analyzed

Pertussis Vaccine - Economic factors of pertussis booster in adolescents reviewed

Pertussis Vaccine - Overview of pertussis presented

Pertussis Vaccines - New findings in the area of pertussis vaccines described

Phosphatase Inhibitors - Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel naphthoquinone derivatives

Plague Vaccine -  Yersinia pestis outer membrane secretion protein characterized

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Antibodies to pneumococcal protein protect against Streptococcus

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Pneumococcal anticapsular IgG linked to nasopharyngeal pneumococcus

Poxvirus Vaccine - Inhibition of Abl tyrosine kinases disables poxvirus pathogenesis

Poxvirus Vaccine - Lessons from IL-4-expressing poxviruses outlined

Product Licensing - Vaccine portfolio licensed from Baxter Healthcare

Prostate Cancer - Endothelin-1 inhibited apoptosis in prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer Vaccines - Recent findings illuminate research in prostate cancer vaccines

Protein Production - Artificial oil bodies used for expression of nattokinase in E. coli

Rabies Risk Factors - Risk of rabies entering Great Britain from North America assessed

Rabies Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in rabies vaccines research

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - IL-4 expression by RSV linked to nonfunctional CTL response

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Recombinant immunogens enhance cellular and antibody immune responses

Rubella Vaccine - High rubella seronegativity found in daycare educators in Canada

SARS - Study shows how fractions of flu medicine inhibit protease encoded by SARS virus

SARS Vaccine - Monoclonal antibodies to SARS-associated coronavirus identified

Saponins - Cytotoxic effect of saponins characterized

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Vaccine candidate from Schistosoma japonicum characterized

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Vaccine induces partial protection against experimental schistosomiasis

Smallpox Vaccines - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of smallpox vaccines

Smallpox Vaccines - U.S. issues RFP for purchase of 20 million doses of MVA-based smallpox vaccine

Tick-Borne Disease -  Ixodes scapularis cDNAs protective against ticks characterized

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine - Efficacy of multi-antigenic vaccines against toxoplasmosis examined

Transplantation Medicine - Hepatitis B core antibody positive donors safe for lung transplantation

Tuberculosis Diagnosis -  Mycobacterium tuberculosis protein p27 characterized

Tuberculosis Epidemiology - Latent tuberculosis infection in medical students in Brazil examined

Tuberculosis Prevention - Boosting the BCG vaccine could beat tuberculosis

Tuberculosis Risk Factors - TB infection in child contacts of tuberculosis patients studied

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Antigens with potential in tuberculosis vaccines identified by new technologies

Tuberculosis Vaccine - New vaccines against tuberculosis under development

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Routes of immunization for mucosal vaccine against TB compared

Tuberculosis Vaccine Development - 'Go no-go' decisions in TB vaccine development balances risk/time/resources

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Recent studies add new data to tuberculosis vaccines research

Tularemia Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in tularemia vaccines studies

Typhoid Fever - Outbreak of typhoid fever in vaccinated Armed Forces members reported

Typhoid Vaccine - Oral typhoid vaccine well tolerated and highly immunogenic

Vaccine Development - Influenza vaccine under development could offer permanent protection

Vaccine Development - Polio vaccine produced on MRC-5 cells or monkey kidney cells compared

Vaccine Development - Promoters for antigen expression in Salmonella enterica examined

Vaccine Development - U.S. government issues RFP for MVA smallpox vaccine

Vaccine Efficacy - Heterogeneous alterations in alloimmunity associated with immunization

Vaccine Efficacy - Immunization data quality audit reviewed

Vaccine Efficacy - Inflammatory response to vaccination is altered in elderly

Vaccine Safety - Mercury in monkeys exposed to methylmercury or thimerosal determined

Vaccine Vector - Purification of plasmid DNA vectors described

Vaccine Vectors - Sindbis virus-based vectors targeted to Fc receptor-positive cell types

Vaccines Adjuvant - Data advance knowledge in vaccines adjuvant research

Vaccines Vector - Research add new data to vaccines vector body of knowledge

Viral Vectors - New research in the area of viral vectors detailed

Virology - Polyomavirus agnoprotein dissociates heterochromatin protein

Virology - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of virology

Virology Vaccine - QPCR used to assign infectious potencies to adenovirus-based vaccines

Virology Vaccine - Semliki Forest virus and Kunjin virus RNA replicons investigated