Vaccine Weekly

Infectious Diseases - New web resource provides access to global health data by country and region

Infectious Diseases - Previous smallpox vaccination not associated with monkeypox disease severity

Influenza Vaccine - Adverse events are more likely when influenza vaccine is used inconsistent with labeling

Influenza Vaccine - GlaxoSmithKline biologicals submits first European pandemic influenza vaccine application

Influenza Virus - Report outlines EU regulations for eradication and control of poultry diseases

Leishmaniasis Vaccines - Findings describe new data in leishmaniasis vaccines research

Leukemia - Multiple myelomas and myeloid leukemias were sensitive to proteasome inhibitor I

Leukemia - Quercetin and trichostatin A exhibited cytotoxic effects in human leukemia cells

Liposomes - pH-sensitive peptide improves transfection efficiency of liposomes

Lung Cancer - Diallyl disulfide induced apoptosis in human A549 lung carcinoma cells

Lung Cancer - Docetaxel used to treat advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Gemcitabine compared to gemcitabine/carboplatin in non-small cell lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Safrole oxide induced apoptosis in A549 human lung cancer cells

Lung Cancer - Sesquiterpene lactones showed cytotoxicity against small cell lung cancer cell

Melanoma Vaccine - Study finds evidence for immunological tolerance against authochthonous melanomas

Melanoma Vaccines - Research in melanoma vaccines provides new insights

Meningitis Vaccine - Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis isolates reveals strains related to hypervirulent lineages

Meningitis Vaccine - Serogroup B Neisseria meningitidis vaccines are focus of review

Moneypox Risk Factors - Clinical characteristics of human monkeypox are the focus of review

Multiple Sclerosis Therapy - Inhibitor of alpha₄ integrin suppressed allergic encephalomyelitis

Outbreak - Limited measles outbreak is reported in highly vaccinated U.S. boarding school

Pancreatic Cancer - Proteasome inhibitor MG132 induced apoptosis in human pancreatic cancer cells

Patents - U.S. patents granted relating to electroporation-enabled delivery of therapeutic molecules

Pediatric Vaccine - High proportion of children in Germany do not have adequate vaccine protection

Personnel - Dr. Raman Bedi joins oral healthcare company as senior consultant

Personnel - Pharmaceutical company appoints Matthew A. Wikler as chief medical officer

Pertussis Vaccine - Toxin inhibits neutrophil recruitment to delay B. pertussis clearance

Pharmaceutical Research - Center of Excellence in Infectious Disease and Biodefense launched

Pharmaceutical Research - Pharmacological study of tipifamib in advanced solid tumors conducted

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Invasive pneumococcal disease is declining in U.S. elderly

Pneumonia - Antibiotic resistance is returning pneumonia to a public health concern

Public Health - Monkeypox has re-emerged in the United States

Rabies Vaccine - Space-time cluster of adverse events is associated with canine rabies vaccine

Rectal Cancer - Oxaliplatin, capecitabine and external beam radiotherapy used in rectal cancer

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Influenza isn't the only germ threat in winter

Rotavirus - Promise of Rotarix rotavirus vaccine discussed in major journal

Rotavirus - Published study finds Rotarix is effective against rotavirus disease in first year of life

Rotavirus - Vaccine prevented 98% of severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants

Rotavirus Vaccine - No link was found between rotavirus vaccine and intussusception in Honolulu

Rubella Vaccine - Matrix models for childhood infections have been applied to rubella and mumps

Smallpox Vaccine - Modified vaccinia virus Ankara protein acts with viral protein to block apoptosis

Smallpox Vaccine - Report describes adverse events linked to smallpox vaccine in U.S.

Smallpox Vaccine - Smallpox fusion proteins cross-react with neutralizing antibodies

Smallpox Vaccine - Vaccinia K1L protein mediates host-range function in RK-13 cells via ankyrin repeat

Tick-Borne Disease - Tick antigen vaccine controls Ixodes scapularis adult infestations

Tuberculosis Vaccine - BCG vaccine causes changes in peripheral blood T cell numbers in infants

Tuberculosis Vaccine - DNA vaccines against TB elicit efficient, protective immune responses

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Frequency of IFN-gamma-producing cells correlates with adjuvant enhancement of BCG vaccine

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Researchers examine strain-specific mycobacterial lipids and immunity to TB

Tuberculosis Vaccine - Vaccine induces cytokine responses in guinea pig model of pulmonary TB

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Recent findings illuminate research in tuberculosis vaccines

Typhoid Vaccine - Chinese typhoid vaccine appears effective

Vaccine Adjuvant - Low-toxicity MPL and RC529 are efficient adjuvants for CD4+ T cells

Vaccine Adjuvant - Melatonin finds use as vaccine agent

Vaccine Adjuvant - Rb1 fraction of ginseng elicits balanced Th1 and Th2 immune response

Vaccine Development - Mucosal effector memory T cells are focus of review

Vaccine Efficacy - Mucosal vaccines are improved by induction of innate immunity

Vaccine Efficacy - Report focuses on maximizing statistical power in group-randomized vaccine trials

Vaccine Vector - Method is developed to produce pseudotyped rAAV vectors using baculovirus expression system

Vaccine Vector - Study examined osmolality effect of serum-free media upon adenovirus production

Vaccines Vector - Studies advance knowledge in vaccines vector research

Vaccinia Virus Vaccine - Study examined substrate specificity of vaccinia virus thymidylate kinase

Vector Development - HSV-1 thymidine kinase delivered by HIV-based virus-like particles induced cell death

Vector Development - Polyomavirus EGFP-pseudocapsids introduce proteins and peptides into mammalian cells

Vector Development - Stable transgene expression is driven by promoter in HSV-1 vector