Engineered virus provides impetus in search for HIV vaccine
...wo viruses could provide a vehicle for producing a vaccine against a host of diseases, including the human im...the National Academy of Sciences. In this work, a vaccine vector has been engineered that uses potent features of adenovirus that normally infects respiratory...Study suggests insect-derived antimicrobial peptides could be used as drug-delivery vehicles
...xplore whether the peptides could be used in a new vaccine approach. Scientists in the laboratory of associa...tial use in therapeutic applications as well as in vaccine development," Otvos says. Dendritic cells are a type of antigen-presenting cell, which shows antige...HIV finds new way to play hide and seek
...t implications for design of the long-sought-after vaccine for HIV. When someone is infected with HIV, cer...the immune system. But the new work indicates that vaccine designers must pay attention not only to the regions of HIV that are recognized by the immune system...American Society for Microbiology 104th general meeting
...obial life beneath Antarctic ice Updates on SARS vaccine and therapy development Microbial threats to water supplies More detailed information, including programs and abstract, will be available in late April. Preliminary programs and press registration materials are currently available ...GenVec, U.S. NMRC, and PATH's Malaria Vaccine Initiative partner to expand malaria vaccine efforts
...ership will advance and expand the ongoing malaria vaccine development program between GenVec and NMRC. Malar...nimal models. Many malaria experts believe that a vaccine containing more than one malaria antigen will be necessary to adequately impact disease. The vaccine...Germany starts clinical development of a new tuberculosis vaccine
... H. E. Kaufmann, have developed a highly promising vaccine candidate. And now, Vakzine Projekt Management Gmb...ducation and Research (BMBF) as part of a national vaccine initiative. In collaboration with MPIIB and the German Rearch Centre for Biotechnology (GBF) VPM wil...A&M researcher studying genes of mosquitoes
... Pietrantonio said. Presently, a human vaccine for yellow fever exists, but none for dengue. The researchers are hoping the studies will reveal how the female mosquito's system produces a diuretic response during and after a blood meal. Aedes aegypti feed during the daytime and need a...Aeras partners with Crucell to develop TB vaccine
...tain development milestones, for development of TB vaccine candidates. The Crucell-Aeras TB vaccine program will focus on improvement of the only currently available TB vaccine, Bacillus Calmette-Guri...Researchers identify the pattern of gene-expression changes for tuberculosis in a living host
...ior authors of the study. "We see it as a tool for vaccine and drug development against disease and the threat of biological weapons." In the PNAS paper, researchers discuss how the tuberculosis bacterium had previously undergone genetic analysis based only on lab tests outside of a living organism. O...Experimental smallpox vaccine protects against monkeypox in nonhuman primates
...an important step in the search for an alternative vaccine to Dryvax, which contains a live virus called Vacc... led to the production and stockpiling of smallpox vaccine and the immunization of some healthcare workers. Because Variola no longer occurs naturally, vaccine...DNA vaccine protects against anthrax
BALTIMORE, MD March 9, 2004 -- A new DNA vaccine against anthrax provides complete protection again...vaccination at its simplest. The gene encoding the vaccine is introduced into the host and expressed in vivo where it stimulates a protective immune response,"...Topical vaccine protects against inhaled ricin
BALTIMORE, MD March 8, 2004 -- An experimental vaccine that can be applied directly to the skin or via a ...obiology's (ASM) Biodefense Research Meeting. "No vaccine or specific therapy is currently available for ricin poisoning," says Gary Matyas of the Walter Reed...Bioprocesses upstage traditional chemical processes
...ding wide-ranging information on patents, drug and vaccine approvals, and registered pesticides. The principal focus of the research is application of biotech processes in the health sciences industry: antibiotics, vitamins and biopharmaceuticals, biopolymers, biocatalysts, and biotech pest control. Executiv...VaxGen reports Phase I clinical trial results of anthrax vaccine candidate
...hem to Anthrax Vaccine Adsorbed (AVA), the anthrax vaccine currently licensed for use in the United States. ...e after the second and third administration of the vaccine candidate at each dose level. rPA102 was well-tolerated, with no evidence of dose-limiting toxicity...JCI table of contents, March 1 2004
...ues from the University of Turin, Italy, evaluated vaccine strategies for treating neoplastic lesions. The au...t morphologic and gene expression data show that a vaccine halts HER-2/neu preneoplastic lesions AUTHOR CONTACT: Federica Cavallo University of Turin, Orbassan...UCSB discovery may accelerate new treatment for global health problem
...n 30 years, scientists have attempted to develop a vaccine against schistosomiasis with no success. The parasitic flatworm infects more than 200 million people worldwide, with three times that many individuals at risk for infection. Although the schistosome life cycle also involves an invertebrate host, th...UC Santa Barbara donates discovery to OneWorld Health that may speed disease treatment
...n 30 years, scientists have attempted to develop a vaccine against schistosomiasis with no success. The parasitic flatworm infects more than 200 million people worldwide, with three times that many individuals at risk for infection. Although the schistosome life cycle also involves an invertebrate host, th...Experimental Biology 2004 - Translating the Genome
...apy of cancer, how the immune system is regulated, vaccine development and optimization, and determinants of protective immunity in clinical infection. Special guest Dr. George H. Atkinson, Science and Technology Adviser to Secretary of State Colin Powell, will speak on "International Scientific Collaboratio...Studies offer new insight into HIV vaccine development
... people are now infected with HIV worldwide, and a vaccine is urgently needed," Watkins said. "We hope that our findings can be used to help design vaccines that show killer cells how to fight the virus most effectively."...... be adapted to address biodefense needs, including vaccine development, new and faster diagnostics, and new t...l antibacterial countermeasures New approaches to vaccine development Use of advanced laser and biochip technologies for biodefense Comprehensive media facil...