Hepatitis C Vaccine

Researchers in Canada develop dendritic cell-based therapeutic vaccine

Published in Vaccine Weekly, February 1st, 2006

Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) have developed a vaccine candidate for hepatitis C, leading to hope in the fight against a disease for which no vaccines are yet available.

VIDO is the first in Canada to show that this vaccination technique may be effective against hepatitis C virus (HCV). A report on the group's work was published in the January 2006 Journal of General Virology.

The team, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Network for Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics (CANVAC), produced a vaccine candidate that decreased the amount of a...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2006-02-01)

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