Vaccine Weekly

Hepatitis B Virus - HBV surface antigen is well-tolerated in healthy young adults

Hepatitis B Virus - Natural and lamivudine-induced HBV surface gene mutants characterized

Hepatitis C Research - Most common HCV type grown in lab for first time

Hepatitis C Therapy - Molecular mechanism discovered that inhibits HCV replication in vitro

Hepatitis C Therapy - U.S. FDA grants Civacir fast track designation for hepatitis C

Hepatitis C Virus - CD81 activates naive B lymphocytes

Hepatitis Vaccines - HBV CpG-optimized protein and DNA vaccines perform poorly in chimpanzees

Hepatitis Vaccines - Immunoreactive hepatitis B and C epitopes are useful in vaccine development

Immunology - New findings in the area of immunology detailed

Influenza - Copper could help prevent the spread of flu infections

Influenza - Media coverage on flu effective in influencing parents to vaccinate their children

Influenza - Thiovir proven active against various influenza A viruses

Influenza Vaccines - Antibody response to influenza vaccine is low in nursing home residents

Influenza Vaccines - Influenza vaccine effectiveness estimated during an outbreak

Influenza Vaccines - Influenza vaccine with broad spectrum of efficacy urgently needed

Influenza Vaccines - Misconceptions about influenza vaccination exist among healthcare workers

Influenza Vaccines - Repeated influenza vaccination of healthy children increases influenza risk later in life

Influenza Vaccines - Report presents hospitalization rates for children with viral infections

Influenza Vaccines - Resident physicians have low rates of influenza vaccination

Japanese Encephalitis - European Commission grants Japanese encephalitis vaccine orphan drug status

Leishmaniasis Vaccines - Recent findings illuminate research in leishmaniasis vaccines

Leukemia - Combination of HDAC inhibitors and TRAIL used to treat leukemia

Leukemia - Extracellular KIT receptor mutants in leukemia respond to imatinib mesylate

Leukemia - NS-187 proposed as novel agent for imatinib-resistant leukemia

Liver Metastasis - Low-dose leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil used to treat liver metastasis

Lung Cancer - Recent findings in lung cancer described

Lung Cancer - Recent findings in lung cancer provide new insights

MMR Vaccine - Parents in England distrust safety of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine

Marketing - Market report says 2006 launch of cancer vaccine to prevent human papillomavirus expected

Measles Vaccines - Combination of measles virus peptides elicit antigen-specific immune response

Measles Vaccines - Saponins improve immune response to oral plant-made measles vaccine

Melanoma Vaccines - Research add new data to melanoma vaccines body of knowledge

Melanoma Vaccines - Researchers' work adds to melanoma vaccines body of knowledge

Meningitis Vaccines - Meningococcal vaccine doses can be reduced with pertussis-containing vaccine

Meningitis Vaccines - Reports describe recent advances in meningitis vaccines research

Monoclonal Antibodies - VEGF inhibitors in cancer therapy are focus of review

Nanotechnology - Framework for risk analysis of nanoparticles is developed

Neisseria Vaccine -  Neisseria lactamica outer membrane vesicles are potential mucosal adjuvants

Obesity Pathogenesis - Human adenoviruses may cause human obesity, studies suggest

Parasitology - Hookworm larvae metalloprotease is involved in tissue migration

Patents - Transdermal science company serves patent infringement notice for insulin delivery system

Pediatric Immunizations - Systematically reviewing qualitative studies complements survey design

Personnel - Nanomaterials developer hires Dr. Jayant Tatake as VP research and development

Personnel - Pharma product development company appoints Rick A. Bright as VP vaccine research

Pertussis Outbreaks - Early pertussis diagnosis may limit transmission and protect susceptible infants

Pertussis Vaccines - New data illuminates research in pertussis vaccines

Pertussis Vaccines - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of pertussis vaccines

Pneumococcal Diseases - Epidemiology of childhood pneumococcal disease in U.S. is focus of review

Pneumococcal Vaccines - Study examined characteristics, isotype, and activity of antipneumococcal antibodies

Product Licensing - Reproductive health organization licenses Biosyn-patented microbicides for the prevention of HIV

Prostate Cancer - Examination of antiestrogens as treatment for advanced prostate cancer advocated

Prostate Cancer Vaccines - Provenge slows prostate cancer progression

Protein Production - Multi-product immunoassays are suitable to monitor host cell protein impurities

Pseudomonas Vaccines - Oral Pseudomonas vaccine is safe and immunogenic in healthy adults

Ricin Vaccines - Positive phase I results of RiVax vaccine announced

Rotavirus - Newly-licensed rotavirus vaccine traveled long road in development

Rotavirus Vaccines - VP8*fragment of the rotavirus spike protein is expressed in yeast

Rubella - Many foreign-born women in Miami are not vaccinated for rubella

SARS Vaccines - Researchers' work adds to SARS vaccines body of knowledge

Septicemia Vaccine - Immunization with detoxified endotoxin vaccine protects against sepsis

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Cervical cancer vaccine being altered to treat genital warts

Streptococcus Vaccines - Antipolysaccharide Ig responses to S. pneumoniae depend on B-cell receptor signaling

T Cells - CD8+ and CD4+ T-cell tolerances can be broken

Tick-Borne Disease - Research add new data to tick-borne disease body of knowledge

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Advances in tuberculosis vaccine development summarized

Tuberculosis Vaccines - BCG causes quantitative changes in T-cell subpopulations in infants

Tuberculosis Vaccines - New data illuminates research in tuberculosis vaccines

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Reports add new data to tuberculosis vaccines research

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Review focuses on preclinical testing of new vaccines for tuberculosis

Vaccine Development - Multivalent liposome-based vaccines protect against Neisseria meningitidis

Vaccine Development - Protection induced by BCG vaccine can be augmented using plasmid DNA

Vaccine Development - T cells require TNF-alpha to protect against Histoplasma capsulatum

Vaccine Efficacy - Need exists for vaccination against childhood diseases in Italian paramedical students

Vaccine Safety - Clinicopathological features of persistent nodules at injection sites are presented

Vector Development - Dendrimers in gene delivery are focus of review