Vaccine Weekly

Anthrax Vaccine - Anthrax mucosal and systemic immunities are induced by nasal immunization

Avian Disease - Single dose of avian pneumovirus confers long-lasting immunity

Encephalitis - Encephalitis protection is conferred by immunization with recombinant adenovirus

Epidemiology - Booster vaccination effects on disease epidemiology have been modeled

Transplant Medicine - Orthotopic liver transplantation can precede live virus immunization

Adverse Drug Reaction - BCG vaccination is linked to septic dislocation of the hip

Adverse Drug Reaction - Chiron recalls, withdraws Morupar MMR vaccine from Italian and developing world markets

Allergy & Immunology - B cell-induced lymphangiogenesis mobilizes dendritic cells

Amyloid Fibrils - Physiological factors affecting beta₂ -microglobulin amyloid formation are documented

Apoptosis - Polyphenols purified from the aroeira plant induced apoptosis in DU145 cells

Apoptosis - Role of annexin A5 imaging in cancer treatment and surveillance explored

Apoptosis - Schisandrin B enhanced doxorubicin-induced apoptosis of cancer cells

Apoptosis - Studies add new findings to apoptosis body of knowledge

Autoimmune Disease - Osteopontin-CD44 pathway does not participate in development of autoimmune myocarditis

Avian Influenza - Recombinomics urges release of H5N1 avian influenza sequences from WHO private database

Avian Influenza - U.S. Department of Health orders 1.75 million more courses of anti-viral zanamivir Relenza

Breast Cancer - Findings advance knowledge in breast cancer research

Breast Cancer - Studies add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge

Business & Finance - Enzo Biochem reports second quarter results, HIV-1 Stealth Vector trial initiated

Cancer Therapy - Studies add new findings to cancer therapy body of knowledge

Cancer Vaccines - Findings advance knowledge in cancer vaccines research

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

Cancer Vaccines - Researchers' work adds to cancer vaccines body of knowledge

Cholera Toxin - Cholera toxin induces immunomodulator transcriptional responses

Clinical Trials - Samaritan starts second phase 2 monotherapy trial of oral anti-viral agent in HIV patients

Colorectal Cancer - Chemotherapy-induced colorectal cancer cell death inhibited by c-FLIP

Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer did not show objective response when treated with capecitabine and thalidomide

DNA Research - Two-step red-mediated recombination allows DNA manipulation in Escherichia coli

DNA Vaccine - DNA vaccine encoding Der p2 allergen down-regulates STAT6 expression

Drug Delivery - Cationic liposomes are promising in drug and gene delivery

Drug Development - Corroles are specifically delivered to tumor cells via noncovalent conjugates

Drug Development - Intravenous delivery of plasmid DNA generates antibody

Drug Development - Simplified ecteinascidin-saframycin analogs synthesized

Drug Development - Stilbenoids of Kobresia nepalensis exhibited DNA topoisomerase II inhibition

Drug Development - Structural basis for antitumor effect of aplyronine A studied

Drug Development - Wyeth Pharmaceutical's form of antibiotic tigecycline gets 'positive opinion' in Europe

Drug Discovery - CytRx provides 2006 update on RNAi-based drug-discovery programs

Ebola Vaccine - A paramyxovirus-vectored vaccine protects against a lethal-dose Ebola virus challenge

Esophageal Tumors - Hypoxic esophageal tumors responded to radiotherapy with addition of irinotecan

Finance - Dynavax reports fourth-quarter and year-end results close to previous year

Finance - Iomai receives second payment of $2.9 million NIH grant for pandemic flu vaccine research

Finance - Point Therapeutics reports a net loss of $5,899,000 for fourth quarter

Finance - Progenics Pharmaceuticals reports fourth quarter revenues were $2 million

Gene Therapy - Cationic gene delivery polymer has been synthesized and characterized

Gene Therapy - Uronic acid functionalized copolymers can be synthetic gene carriers

Gene Therapy - Viral vectors activate endothelial cell signal transduction

Gene Transfer - LYVE-1 cDNA delivery creates blocking antibodies

Genetics & Genomics - Mycobacterial vaccination and infection induces transcriptional responses

HIV/AIDS Diagnostics - IFN-gamma alone may be insufficient to evaluate breadth of HIV-specific T cell response

HIV/AIDS Evolution - HIV-1 env evolves toward ancestral states upon transmission to a new host

HIV/AIDS Research - U.S. NIH to initiate testing of Mymetics' HIV-AIDS mucosal prophylactic vaccine candidate

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Fusion molecules could be the key to producing vaccines from plants

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Juvaris receives SBIR Advanced Technology NIH-funded grant for HIV vaccine development

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Novavax receives additional government funding for HIV/AIDS vaccine research

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - Peptide epitope of neutralizing HIV-1 antibody 4E10 analyzed

Head & Neck Cancer - Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated by docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil

Health Promotion - Survey reveals percentage of parents don't trust government advice on vaccine safety

Healthcare Coverage - Del. Brown's bill to ensure access to cervical cancer screening passes West Virginia legislature

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog

Herpes Simplex Virus - Treatment of intravaginal HSV-2 infection is aided by mucosal innate activation

Human Papillomavirus - Human papillomaviruses are genotyped by bead-based multiplex method

Human Papillomavirus - Study group urges establishment of international standard for HPV 16 antibodies