Vaccine Weekly

Vector Development - Reports describe recent advances in vector development research

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - HIV-1 Env clones developed for standardized assessments of vaccine-elicited neutralizing antibodies

HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development - Research collaboration formed to develop topical delivery of therapeutic DNA vaccines

Hepatitis A Vaccine - Havrix now approved for use in children aged 12 months and older

Hepatitis A Vaccine - U.S. CDC recommends that all children receive vaccinations for hepatitis A

Hepatitis B Vaccine - Alaska Natives immunized at birth are protected against hepatitis B

Hepatitis B Vaccine Development - Agreement signed to produce hepatitis B therapeutic vaccine candidate

Hepatitis B Virus - Vaccination reduces hepatitis B prevalence in U.S. children

Hepatitis C Vaccine - Spontaneous responders to hepatitis C viremia have expansive epitope recognition

Hepatitis C Vaccine Development - Epitope characterization paves the way for hepatitis C peptide-based vaccines

Infant Mortality - Vitamin A reduces infant deaths from measles, studies confirm

Infections - Findings in infections provide new insights

Infectious Diseases - Disease susceptibility to tuberculosis is dependent on host genetic predisposition

Influenza - Antivirals and vaccines maker offers pandemic flu plans

Influenza - Majority of Americans with asthma not immunized against flu despite known risks

Influenza Vaccines - Dutch company updates progress in scale-up of cell-culture-based influenza vaccine programs

Leukemia Vaccine Development - Acute promyelocytic leukemia cells cleared by adaptive immune mechanisms

Liver Cancer Vaccine Development - Autoantibodies against tumor-associated antigens in liver cancer identified

Lung Cancer - Camptothecin-somatostatin conjugates inhibit growth of lung cancer cells

Malaria Vaccine - Binding hot spot for invasion inhibitory molecules on P. falciparum antigen identified

Malaria Vaccine - Polymorphisms in malaria T cell epitopes not selected by immune pressure

Malaria Vaccine - Protective human immunity is a vaccine discovery tool for falciparum malaria

Malaria Vaccine Development - Changes in host cell tropism limits efficacy of malaria vaccine

Malaria Vaccine Development - Model system for testing malaria vaccines developed

Meningitis Vaccine Development - Meningococci from invasive meningococcal disease cases in Canada characterized

Mumps Vaccine - Plaque reduction neutralization is sensitive, specific for wild-type mumps virus

Pediatric Vaccine - Electronic registries may allow children to receive late routine vaccinations

Personnel - Therapeutic vaccine maker appoints management board for further growth

Pertussis Vaccine -  Bordetella parapertussis clearance from respiratory tract requires humoral and cellular immunity

Pertussis Vaccines - New research in the area of pertussis vaccines detailed

Pharmaceutical Research - RiVax maker provides business and clinical update; RiVax phase I trial complete

Pneumococcal Vaccines - Recent studies add new data to pneumococcal vaccines research

Pneumonia - Preventing pneumonia in children helps prevent pneumonia in older adults

Respiratory Papillomatosis Vaccine - Immune stimulation is not effective for treatment of papilloma

Rubella Vaccine - Complex regional pain syndrome type I reported after rubella vaccine

SARS - Reports advance knowledge in SARS research

Smallpox Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in smallpox vaccines research

Staphylococcus Vaccine - Conjugate vaccine elicits antibodies that protect against S. aureus infection

Streptococcal Vaccine - Antibodies to iron uptake ABC transporter lipoproteins promote phagocytosis of Streptococcus

Streptococcal Vaccine Development - Prospects for group A streptococcal vaccine reviewed

Transplant Medicine - Recent findings illuminate research in transplant medicine

Vaccine Development - Recombinant antibody libraries aid vaccine research

Vaccine Development - Whooping cough vaccine is not just for kids anymore

Vaccine Efficacy - Pneumococcal vaccine likely to fail in splenectomized cancer patients

Vaccine Efficacy - UV radiation modifies leukocyte and cytokine responses to vaccination

Vaccine Research - New study shows measles immunization may prevent fatal brain infection

Vaccine Research - Pall Corporation presents approach for speeding vaccine production to Shanghai conference

Vaccine Safety - Data mining methods on the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System database compared

Vaccines Delivery - Data advance knowledge in vaccines delivery research

Vaccinia Virus - NK cell migration early after vaccinia infection characterized

Vaccinia Virus - PCR is most sensitive for vaccinia virus detection in patient specimens

Vector Development - Findings describe new data in vector development research

Virology - HIV and hepatitis C virus infection elicit similarities in natural killer cells

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