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Anthrax Vaccines
Reports from M. Cassier et al highlight recent research in anthrax vaccines
July 9th, 2008
"When Pasteur and Chamberland hastily set up their small biological industry to meet the agricultural demand for the anthrax vaccine, their methods for preparation and production had not yet been stabilized," scientists writing in the journal Science in Context report. "The process of learning how to standardize biological products was accelerated in 1882 when vaccination accidents required the revision of production norms as the first hypotheses on fixity, in alterability, and transportability of vaccines were invalidated and replaced by procedures for continuous monitoring of the calibration of vaccines and the renewal of vaccine strains. Initially, the...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-07-09)
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