Vaccine Weekly

Influenza - Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida offers influenza shots to seniors

Influenza Vaccine - New influenza vaccine takes weeks - not months - to mass produce

Influenza Vaccine - New recommendations take aim to improve influenza vaccination rates among healthcare workers

Influenza Vaccine - Vaccination against influenza in rheumatoid arthritis was not affected by disease-modifying drugs

Legal Issues - Fluvirin maker announces termination of SEC investigation

Leishmaniasis Vaccine -  Leishmania antigens that stimulate cellular immune responses have been identified

Leukemia - Combined treatment with BB-1 and TRAIL proposed as new cancer therapy strategy

Leukemia Vaccines - New findings in the area of leukemia vaccines described

Liver Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine and IL-12 result in autoimmune hepatic inflammation

Lung Cancer - Gemcitabine and cisplatin found effective in treating elderly patients with lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Gemcitabine used as first and second-line chemotherapy of lung cancer

Lung Cancer - Monitoring circulatory TBARs and SB could help prognosticate lung cancer

Lung Cancer Vaccine - Epidermal growth factor receptor induces T cell responses against lung cancer

Lymphoma - Phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase/Akt inhibition promoted apoptosis in Hodgkin lymphoma

Lymphoma Vaccine - IL-15 does not enhance efficacy of T cell lymphoma vaccine

Malaria Vaccines - Recent findings illuminate research in malaria vaccines

Malaria Vaccines - Reports add new data to malaria vaccines research

Malaria Vaccines - Researchers describe findings in malaria vaccines studies

Malaria Vaccines - Studies advance knowledge in malaria vaccines research

Medulloblastomas - Antiproliferative and radiosensitizing effects of CAPE for medulloblastoma shown

Melanoma - Paclitaxel and carboplatin were combined to treat metastatic melanoma

Melanoma Vaccine -  Listeria vaccine elicited central nervous system tumor immunity

Melanoma Vaccine - Allogeneic whole-cell tumor vaccine expressing xenogeneic gp100 has been developed

Melanoma Vaccine - CCL21 adjuvant enhances immunogenicity of DNA melanoma vaccine

Melanoma Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine induces CD8+ T cell responses against NA17-A2 tumor peptide

Melanoma Vaccines - Studies add new findings to melanoma vaccines body of knowledge

Meningitis - Intimate kissing quadruples risk of meningitis in teenagers

Meningococcal Vaccine - Researchers present strategies to manage a cluster of meningococcal diseases

Molecular Diagnostics - Data highlighting the role of molecular diagnostics presented at major HIV/AIDS meeting

Multiple Myeloma Vaccine - Adenoviral-mediated gene transfer results in cytotoxicity of multiple myeloma cells

Multiple Sclerosis Therapy - Bone marrow transplant plus gene therapy ameliorates encephalomyelitis

Multiple Sclerosis Vaccine - Intradermal DNA vaccines encoding for T-cell receptors show promise for multiple sclerosis

Osteosarcomas - Use of cisplatin in metastatic osteosarcoma justified despite toxicity

Parkinson Disease - Recent findings in Parkinson disease provide new insights

Pediatric Cancer Therapy - Methodology presented for quantification of Act-D and VCR in pediatric cancers

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

Pharmacology - Efficacy of depsipeptide in childhood cancer models studied

Pneumococcal Disease - Antibodies to CbpA and Ply may protect children against pneumococcal colonization

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Study examined Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Brazilian children

Pneumonia Vaccine - IgA modulates inflammatory responses in pneumonia in vitro model

Product Licensing - U.S. FDA licenses vaccine to protect infants against rotavirus infection

Prostate Cancer - Induction of apoptosis by 2-ME and paclitaxel in prostate cancer discussed

Prostate Cancer - Inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase inhibitors used to manage prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - NaBu proposed as chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer Vaccines - New findings in the area of prostate cancer vaccines described

Proteomics - Glutaredoxin 2 affinity tag for peptide and protein purification has been developed

Proteomics - Recovery of interferon alpha 2b from E. coli inclusion bodies has been optimized

Proteomics - Researchers optimized overexpression of glutamate mutase S component

Public Health - Pneumococcal vaccine in children decreases pneumococcal disease in HIV+ adults

Rotavirus Gastroenteritis - U.S. FDA approves Rotateq to prevent a leading cause of severe infant diarrhea

Rotavirus Vaccine - Review examines risks and benefits of rotavirus vaccines in Latin America

Smallpox Vaccine - Self-assessment of skin reaction is valid after smallpox vaccination

Soft Tissue Sarcomas - ET-743 proposed as novel agent with activity in soft tissue sarcomas

Staphylococcus Vaccine - Protein A triggers supraclonal B-cell responses upon Staphylococcus infection

Tick-Borne Disease -  Boophilus microplus yolk pro-cathepsin shows promise for anti-tick vaccines

Toxoplasmosis Vaccine - Study characterized antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii MIC2 protein

Transplant Medicine - Article examines immunity for tumors and microbes after autotransplantation

Tuberculosis Diagnosis - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of tuberculosis diagnosis

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

Tuberculosis Vaccines - Texas, Brazilian scientists collaborate on TB vaccine

Typhus Vaccines - Studies advance knowledge in typhus vaccines research

Vaccine Adjuvants - CpG oligodeoxynucleotides function as effective adjuvant in aged mice

Vaccine Adjuvants - CpG-rich DNA suppresses T cell immunity via induction of IDO

Vaccine Delivery - Lipid emulsions increase transgene expression in hepatocytes after adenoviral transfer

Vaccine Development - Method to generate antibody against human protein SNEV has been developed

Vaccine Development - Phase I shows escalating doses of S. epidermidis and S. aureus vaccines are well-tolerated

Vaccine Efficacy - Inserting antigenic protein in flagellin improves Th1 immune response

Vaccines Vector - Researchers' work adds to vaccines vector body of knowledge

Vector Development - Binary AdEasy vector systems use Tet-regulated transgene expression

Vector Development - Findings describe new data in vector development research

Vector Development - High expression levels of alpha 1-antitrypsin are mediated by adeno-associated virus

Vector Development - New findings in the area of vector development described

Vector Development - New findings in vector development described

Virology - Genital human papillomavirus infection in men is focus of review

Virology - Study analyzed human respiratory syncytial virus phosphoprotein

Virology - Study examined genetic stability of dengue vaccine candidates

Virology - Study investigated porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine