Vaccine Weekly

Leishmaniasis Vaccine -  Leishmania antigens plus lipid A analogue prevent Leishmania amazonensis infection

Measles Vaccine - Maternal antibody inhibits response to measles vaccination at birth

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Intranasal vaccine protects against pneumococcal otitis media

Pneumococcal Vaccine - Prior vaccination speeds recovery time of adults with pneumococcal pneumonia

Vaccine Adjuvant - GM1 binding-deficient exotoxin is potent intradermal immunoadjuvant

Allergy & Immunology - Influence of mucosal adjuvants on antigen passage during response to airborne allergen was examined

Anthrax Vaccine - Researchers examine an alternative to the presently available anthrax vaccine

Autism - Physician knowledge about autism is increasing

Business & Finance - Coley Pharmaceutical Group reports six-month net loss of $16.1 million

Business & Finance - Digene announces record 2006 fourth quarter and year-end results

Business Update - Medical Services increases distributor network for VScan test kits into Balkan regions

Business Update - StatSure Diagnostic Systems signs deal with Inverness Medical Innovations for rapid HIV test

Business Update - Tanox conducts meeting with U.S. FDA on developing HIV/AIDS antibody TNX-355

Cancer Gene Therapy - Malignant brain tumors in young mice were treated with immunogene therapy

Cancer Vaccine - Antigen delivery systems for cancer vaccines using Salmonella have been developed

Cancer Vaccine - CD1d-restricted T cells license B cells to generate cytotoxic antitumor immunity

Candidiasis Vaccine - Tonsillar immunization inhibited Candida adherence to epithelial cells

DNA Vaccine - Polyplex-based DNA vaccine enhances antigen-specific antibody production

Dendritic Cell Vaccine - Infection of dendritic cells with vaccinia virus MVA reveals maturation-dependent cytopathogenicity

Drug Development - Overexpression of four periplasmic folding catalysts improves protein production in Escherichia coli

Facilities - SmartCare Centers opens first locations in Kerr Drug Stores in South Carolina

Finance - Cerus Corporation announces second quarter financial results

Finance - Immune Response Corporation receives $9.9 million from first tranche of warrants

Finance - NanoBio Corporation secures $30 million private equity financing

Finance - Tanox reports Q2 2006 revenues of $12.7 million compared to $7.4 million a year ago

Finance - Targeted Genetics reports Q2 2006 revenues of $1.4 million, down from $1.5 million a year ago

Glioma Vaccine - F98 glioma model is useful for studying mechanisms of glioma immunotherapy resistance

HIV/AIDS Awareness - M.A.C. gives lipstick; fashion designers donate red gowns to support AIDS awareness

HIV/AIDS Research - Dendritic cell therapeutic vaccine helps patient's own immune system to fight HIV infection

HIV/AIDS Therapy - Arginine 332 removal allows human TRIM5 alpha to bind HIV capsids and restrict infection

HIV/AIDS Vaccine - CytoDyn presents at XVI World AIDS Conference

Hantavirus Vaccine - Hantavirus nucleocapsid protein produced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Health Promotion - Health literacy affects health status in elderly population

Human Papillomavirus - DNA vaccine encoding HPV-16 E6 gene enhances antitumor activity

Human Papillomavirus - Vaccine targeting HPV 6, 11, 16, and 18 elicits long-lasting immune responses

Immunizations - Regular vaccination schedule for children includes important boosters before starting school

Immunology - Immunobiology of gestational trophoblastic diseases is reviewed

Influenza B Virus Epidemiology - Victoria lineage influenza B virus re-emerging in Brazil

Influenza Vaccine - Fall is the time to have your children immunized against flu

Influenza Vaccine - Influenza vaccination reduces influenza-like illness in elderly

Influenza Vaccine - Interventions increase rates of influenza vaccination during pregnancy

Measles Virus Evolution - High substitution rate of measles virus may allow evolution of escape

Melanoma Vaccine - Differentiation of melanoma-specific T cell responses is characterized with new approach

Meningitis - Novartis vaccine 80 percent effective in New Zealand meningococcal epidemic

Multiple Myeloma Vaccine - Idiotype-specific immunotherapy in multiple myeloma is focus of review

Mycobacterial Pathogenesis -  Mycobacterium paratuberculosis virulence determinants identified

Obstetrics - Evidence does not support use of Rh immune globulin in Rh-negative women with spontaneous abortions

Patents - Cure HIV, Inc. and Global Humanceuticals, Inc. seek international patent on drug to combat HIV/AIDS

Pediatrics - Back to school checklist should include children's preventive healthcare

Pneumococcal Disease - Conjugate pneumococcal vaccine is expected to reduce Streptococcus pneumoniae burden in Gambia

Pneumococcal Vaccine - 7-valent pneumococcal vaccine in children is linked to decline in pneumococcal disease in elderly

Preventive Medicine - Implementation of achievable benchmarks in preventive health was examined

Public Health - Risk-priority score for bioterrorism agents is needed for public health policy

Rabies Research - NanoViricides to begin animal testing on anti-rabies drug

Rabies Vaccine - Mass dog vaccination may be cost-effective to control rabies in developing countries

Sepsis Therapy - Tissue-type plasminogen activator is protective during Escherichia coli-induced sepsis

Smallpox - Isatin-beta-thiosemicarbazone and marboran treatment does not prevent cowpox infections

Tetanus Therapy - Intrathecal tetanus vaccination is more effective than intramuscular route

Tuberculosis Diagnostics - IFN-gamma responses to mycobacterial antigens aid early diagnosis of TB

Tularemia Vaccine - Antibody response to successful and failed tularemia vaccines was examined

Vaccine Adjuvant - Mannosylated lipid core peptides in liposomes elicit strong immune responses with Quil A adjuvant

Vaccine Delivery - Fusogenic vesosomes for transcutaneous immunization have been developed

Vaccine Delivery - Local hyperthermia enhanced transdermal immunization with diphtheria-toxoid

Vaccine Development - Interactions between peptides and heat shock protein 70 augment CD8+ T cell responses

Vaccine Efficacy - Prebiotic oligosaccharides stimulate delayed-type hypersensitivity in influenza vaccine model

Vaccine Research - Cancer vaccines emerge as novel therapies are developed and tested

Vaccine Safety - Nine DTP vaccines were assessed with reduced antigen as a second-year booster

Vector Development - Adenovirus type 5 interactions with blood cells compromise systemic delivery

Vector Development - Cationic liposomes act as carriers for ocular delivery of antiherpetic peptides

Vector Development - Metabolic biotinylation provides platform for purification of adeno-associated virus vector serotypes

Alzheimer Disease - Recent studies from the United States, Israel and Canada add new data to Alzheimer disease research