Vaccine Weekly

Plague Vaccine - Plague is protected against by Yersinia pestis antigens expressed in plants

Rotavirus Vaccine - Ricin toxin B subunit-rotavirus NSP4 fusion protein stimulates Th1 response

Schistosomiasis Vaccine -  Schistosoma japonicum paramyosin fragments were effective in mice

Schistosomiasis Vaccine - Genes expressed in lung schistosomulum of Schistosoma mansoni are identified

Smallpox Vaccine - Monkeypox virus infection is more effectively treated with antivirals than with smallpox vaccine

Amebiasis Vaccine - Amebiasis vaccine progress is reviewed

Anthrax Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in anthrax vaccines research

Anthrax Vaccines - Reports advance knowledge in anthrax vaccines research

Apoptosis - Triphala proposed as novel anticancer drug

Avian Influenza - Baxter receives contract from U.K. to produce stockpile of H5N1 flu vaccine

Avian Influenza - DelSite and Invitrogen Corp. ink avian H5 influenza nasal vaccine agreement

Avian Influenza - Delivery expectation for U.S. government H5N1 vaccine stockpile contract updated by Chiron

Avian Influenza - Generex Biotechnology to present pandemic influenza vaccine program at Bird Flu Summit

Avian Influenza - Sanofi pasteur supplies avian flu pre-pandemic vaccine to Italian Ministry of Health

Bioterrorism - VaxGen, BD to evaluate micro dermal injection technology for anthrax vaccine delivery

Breast Cancer - Research add new data to breast cancer body of knowledge

Business & Finance - Cerus Corp. reports $5.6 million in Q4 revenues

Business & Finance - Generex Biotechnology receives $11 million from warrant exercises

Cancer Therapy - Research add new data to cancer therapy body of knowledge

Cancer Therapy - Targeting cell-impermeable prodrug activation to tumor microenvironment reduced drug toxicity

Cancer Vaccine - Anaplastic lymphoma kinase is antigen for immune interventions

Cancer Vaccine - Anti-HER2/neu IgG3 fusion proteins promote dendritic cell presentation

Cancer Vaccine - Anti-HER2/neu cytokine fusion proteins plus antigen protects against HER2/neu-expressing tumors

Cancer Vaccine - Antitumor responses can be targeted using attenuated Listeria

Cancer Vaccine - Cancer vaccine's effects depend on blocking CTLA-4 signaling

Cancer Vaccine - Glioma antigen is identified using cytotoxic T lymphocytes induced by HSV cancer vaccine

Cancer Vaccine - Tumor antigen that plays key role in immunomodulation is blocked by antibodies

Cancer Vaccine - Tumor cells transduced with MHC II transactivator and CD80 activate tumor-specific CD4+ T cells

Cancer Vaccine - Tumor vaccine is enhanced by Ig attachment to dendritic cell proteins

Cancer Vaccine - Vaccine therapy is achieved by genetic modification of dendritic cells

Cancer Vaccines - Findings in cancer vaccines provide new insights

Cancer Vaccines - Recent studies add new data to cancer vaccines research

Cancer Vaccines - Research add new data to cancer vaccines body of knowledge

Cancer Vaccines - Research in cancer vaccines provides new insights

Cancer Vaccines - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of cancer vaccines

Clinical Trials - Genitope Corporation initiates clinical trial to evaluate MyVax Personalized Immunotherapy

Collaborations - Novavax announces strategic alliance with PacificGMP on pandemic influenza vaccine

Colorectal Cancer - 5-fluorouracil inhibited cytochrome P4502C9 activity in cancer patients

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Catechin compounds recovered from Korean tea by solvent extraction

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Putative mechanism for anticancer properties of plant polyphenols proposed

Cytomegalovirus -  Peromyscus cytomegalovirus expressing hantavirus glycoprotein was examined

DNA Research - DNA vaccination at multiple sites enhances immune responses in mice

Dengue Fever Vaccine - Dengue infection's effects in dendritic cells were examined

Diagnostics - Medical Services begins shipping VScan HIV test kit to Egypt

Disease Control - Compulsory vaccination and conscientious exemptions are examined

Disease Control - European Medicines Agency receives second application for human pandemic influenza vaccine

Disease Control - Tuberculosis management in children in low-income countries is examined

Drug Delivery - Tumor cell adhesion and packing density contributed to drug resistance

Drug Development -  M. tuberculosis in adjuvant modulates the Th immune response balance

Drug Development - 1-(3',4',5'-trimethoxy) phenyl naphtho[2,1b]furan identified as novel anticancer agent

Drug Development - Cervical cancer apoptosis was induced by 3 beta-hydroxy-12-oleanen-27-oic acid

Drug Development - Cytotoxicity of isoxazolidinyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons examined

Drug Development - European regulatory authorities approve Glaxo SmithKline's Rotarix rotavirus vaccine

Drug Development - Gamma-retroviral and lentiviral SIN vectors are equally potent

Drug Development - Gene therapy may be aided by foamy virus vectors

Drug Development - Immunoadjuvant activity is linked to chaperoning function of stress protein

Drug Development - Miliusanes proposed as potential anticancer agents

Drug Development - N-(7-indazolyl)benzenesulfonamide derivatives identified as potent cell cycle inhibitors

Drug Development - Novel potential anticancer naphthyl phosphoramidites of BvdU studied

Drug Development - Polyethylene imine grafted to poly(ethylene glycol)-like core shows promise for gene delivery

Drug Development - Potential cancer chemopreventive activity of isoquinolines analyzed

Drug Development - Promising anticancer agents discovered

Drug Development - Quindoline derivatives identified as promising agents for cancer treatment

Drug Development - Synthesis and antitumor activity of platinum acetonimine complexes described

Drug Development - Tumor antigen-specific CD8+ memory T cells are induced by lentivectors

Endometriosis Therapy - BCG vaccine inhibits peritoneal endometriotic implants in rat model

Epidemiology - Reducing pertussis transmission causes disease resurgence

Epidemiology - Rotavirus gastroenteritis is effectively controlled by universal vaccination

Epidemiology - Rubella can be spread by nonvaccinated adult men

Finance - Cerus Corp. announces proposed public offering of common stock

Finance - MorphoSys AG announces revenues for the year 2005 of EUR 33.5 million

Finance - Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announces decrease in annual revenues