Scientists learn how adjuvant makes vaccines effective
...ne preventive vaccines. The discovery of alum as a vaccine booster actually began with tapioca, a starchy sub...toxin and found that it served as a more effective vaccine than did the toxin itself. Several years later, a researcher named A.T. Glenny read Ramone's account...JCI table of contents, 15 June 2004
... of tumor cells. Upon entry into an organism, the vaccine elicits a response from cells in the immune system...igen is an especially interesting target for a DNA vaccine because carcinoembryonic antigen is overexpressed in most colorectal, gastric, and pancreatic cancer...Study suggests double punch could more efficiently kill viruses
...ne system suggests that a double-punch approach to vaccine design would make them more effective. "Our findin...cines and challenge the prevailing theory used for vaccine design," said Christopher C. Norbury, Ph.D., assistant professor of microbiology and immunology, Pen...The search for a safer smallpox vaccine: New data released on promising candidate
...ized weapon, smallpox could be controlled by a new vaccine under study at Saint Louis University School of Me...Va. The research tested the efficacy of a smallpox vaccine candidate known as LC16m8. The research conducted at Saint Louis University by Buller and his collea...Vaccines against foodborne disease on horizon
...io State University who presents research on a new vaccine against multiple bacteria. "The development of a single vaccine that provides protection against the most common foodborne pathogens would greatly enhance human hea...NIH awards $20.7 million to make smallpox vaccine safer
...ith atopic dermatitis do not currently receive the vaccine because they are susceptible to developing eczema ...ecause they could spread the vaccinia virus in the vaccine to patients who might later develop eczema vaccinatum. In the past even patients whose disease had n...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...re are no suitable antiviral drugs or an effective vaccine for SARS virus. Rapid laboratory confirmation of SARS-CoV infection is therefore important for managing patient care and for preventing nosocomial transmission," say the researchers. In the study, throat and nasal samples were collected from hospit...First time in the U.S.: Saint Louis University tests third-generation vaccine against smallpox
...ow available. Like the current vaccines, the study vaccine is a live-virus vaccine made from vaccinia virus, but this study vaccine contains a much more "attenuated," or weakened, for...Botulinum toxin structure offers clues for vaccines/treatments
...onal Laboratory are one step closer to a potential vaccine or treatment. Structures of the toxin and a related non-toxic version that differs by just one amino acid appear in the June 1, 2004 issue of the journal Biochemistry, available online May 8, 2004. "Botulinum neurotoxins are the most toxic substances...National Cancer Gene Therapy Foundation gives $4.0 million in research grants
...ecipient) This project is focused on developing a vaccine that harnesses the body's immune system to seek ou...fied tumor cell as the vaccine. The target of the vaccine is called HER-2/neu (neu), a cancer-related gene that is overexpressed in about one-out-of-three bre...First target for childhood malaria vaccine
...st that this protein could form the basis of a new vaccine against severe malaria. The malaria-causing parasi...rica, making it an ideal candidate for a universal vaccine to boost immunity to severe malaria in young children....Govindarajan Dhanasekaran wins 2004 Sarber Award from American Society for Microbiology
...piratory tract illness in turkeys and chickens. No vaccine against the APV virus currently exists, and the virus has had devastating economic effects on the U.S. poultry industry. He is now at work on recovering infectious virus entirely from cloned DNA, which will help in the development of a recombinant vi...American Society for Microbiology honors Timothy Yahr with 2004 Merck Irving S. Sigal Memorial Award
...ype III proteins has been identified as a possible vaccine candidate for the treatment of Pseudomonas infections in patients with cystic fibrosis, AIDS, or other disorders, for whom treatment options are often quite limited. Yahr's other research interests have important clinical implications as well. ...Researchers begin study to protect against anthrax
... the nation are beginning tests of an experimental vaccine aimed at protecting people against anthrax, a rare...rch for a better vaccine. While an anthrax vaccine now exists and is used primarily to protect military personnel, it requires a cumbersome routine si...Experimental smallpox DNA vaccine protects primates from lethal monkeypox
...f its kind, scientists have shown that a DNA-based vaccine for smallpox can protect nonhuman primates from mo... led to the production and stockpiling of smallpox vaccine and the immunization of some healthcare workers. The USAMRIID team, led by Jay W. Hooper, Ph.D., bas...... the country for immunization with an experimental vaccine that they hoped would stop, once and for all, the ...d trial ever undertaken. One year later, the Salk vaccine was declared "safe, potent and effective." Within only a few years, polio rates had dramatically dec...Researchers report definitive evidence that HIV-AIDS is not from oral polio vaccine
HIV-AIDS did not come from oral polio vaccine contaminated with chimpanzee virus, reports a rese... Arizona evolutionary biologist. Belief that polio vaccine can spread AIDS has hampered the World Health Organization's efforts to stamp out polio. In Nigeria,...2004 Wistar Institute Science Journalism Award winners announced
..., and economic context. The presenters are leading vaccine researchers and public health officials who will explore the science of vaccines and some of the vital framing issues attending their distribution and use. For more information about the media seminar and award ceremony planned for June 4 in Philadel...Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
... VACCINE MAY PROTECT AGAINST SMALLPOX A DNA based vaccine may protect against smallpox say researchers from ...esearchers. The researchers tested a DNA-based vaccine containing genes from the orthopox family of viruses. It successfully prevented monkeypox virus inf...HHMI commits more than $30 million to help reverse brain drain, beat infectious diseases
...t Finlay led his country's drive to develop a SARS vaccine in 2003. Ugandan Thomas Egwang is working with his government to improve science education throughout Uganda....