New egg-free flu vaccine called promising for those with egg allergy
...ion. "This does not mean that (conventional) vaccines are bad," says Kistner. "The benefit of vaccinatio...cell line currently licensed for the production of vaccines for human use, according to Kistner. Some viruses are difficult to grow in eggs, which leads ......s against cancer more widespread. The goal of such vaccines is to generate a massive T cell response strong en...out this type of vaccine therapy, however, is that vaccines have the potential to attack not only cancerous tissue but also healthy tissue, since the antigens a...Spurred by the worldwide fight against malaria, scientists release parasite genome database
...parasites has frustrated research on new drugs and vaccines to combat malaria. The Plasmodium genome sequenci...sequence should speed the search for new drugs and vaccines to combat malaria. The database is primarily web-based, but a compact disc version is also availabl......some people. It's faster to produce than egg-based vaccines and could help avert vaccine shortages during a large flu outbreak. The new vaccine has been tested in 2,500 volunteers and is expected to be available to consumers in Europe as early as next year. (BIOT 42, Monday, April 2, 9:00 a.m.) Risks and ...Tipsheet: April journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...re is a desperate need to develop new tuberculosis vaccines to deal with the global emergency in general, in more developed countries tuberculosis continues to be relatively common in elderly people," say the researchers. "While primary tuberculosis sometimes occurs in these individuals, the majority of cas...Scientists sequence genome of strep throat, scarlet fever bacterium
...sequence information should aid efforts to develop vaccines against GAS, notes Dr. Rubin. NIAID-supported research has led to the development of several GAS vaccine candidates in various stages of testing. "We expect the sequence will reveal new antigens, possibly proteins on the bacterium's surface, that wo...Dried-out human cells can come back to life
...ers without having to be kept cool. Antibodies and vaccines would have an almost unlimited shelf life, making them easier to distribute in developing countries. Desiccated medical supplies could even be sent on long space missions. And it should become possible to make cell-based biosensors to detect poi...Chickens succumbing to virus formerly avoided by vaccination
...uction and requires a new vaccine strategy. Live vaccines have been used for more than 50 years to protect c...virus (REV), into its genome. While fowlpox virus vaccines carry a portion of REV, the new strains contain intact REV. In the February issue of the Journal o...Cell Genesys reports antitumor activity in Phase I/II GVAX lung cancer vaccine trial
...and chief operating officer of Cell Genesys. GVAX vaccines have demonstrated objective evidence of antitumor ...ls. Background on GVAX Cancer Vaccines GVAX cancer vaccines are comprised of tumor cells which have been genetically modified to secrete granulocyte-macrophage ...Georgetown researchers achieve increased cancer patient survival
Following treatment with therapeutic vaccines --New data at ASCO meeting shows first cor...n T cell immune responses induced by a therapeutic vaccines result in increased survival of patients with late-stage metastatic cancers. The Phase I/II trial c...AIDS in Africa has potential to affect human evolution, UC Berkeley scientists report
... Africa - public health experts pray that drugs or vaccines will soon cut the high mortality and infection rates on the continent - it provides a rare example of how epidemic infectious diseases can exert selective pressure on the human genome. The only other widely accepted example of selection of this inten...... more effective disease diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and agricultural products. Large Scale Biology has pioneered the development and application of many of the tools now considered to be state-of-the-art in genomics and proteomics. Corporate offices and the Genomics and Antigenics divisions are headq...Scientists sequence genome of major periodontal disease bacterium
...able to identify potential targets for periodontal vaccines and drug therapies. Currently the primary treatments for periodontitis are deep cleaning (scaling and root planing) and surgery. The P. gingivalis sequence also provides the scientific community at large with information on an organism from a ma...Biotechnology promises major advances for U.S. Army
...or the wounded. * Technologies aimed at making new vaccines in the battlefield to treat exotic diseases and to counter biological warfare agents. * Developing new drugs and therapies to treat shock. * Using the genetic characteristics of soldiers to increase the effectiveness of vaccines.The report notes that...Can a 'universal' HIV-1 vaccine be developed? AIDScience.com describes current research strategies
...o various HIV-1 strains. More than a dozen HIV-1 vaccines have been studied in clinical trials, most based o.... Some researchers have pointed out, however, that vaccines based on clade B have been found to induce an immune-system response to other versions of the virus.......ctious organisms and has fewer side effects. These vaccines work by inoculating a small piece of gene-encoding...d dolphins and sea lions, to construct new plasmid vaccines that might stem epidemic disease, and to develop ways of measuring immune responses to these new vac...Component of fly saliva makes promising Leishmaniasis vaccine
...This approach could potentially be used to develop vaccines for other insect- or tick-borne diseases." Leishma... fly species that transmit them, hoping to develop vaccines for other forms of leishmaniasis. In addition, he has begun to study people who are naturally expos...Regeneration in the mammalian heart demonstrated by Wistar researchers
...to improve world health through the development of vaccines against rabies, rubella, rotavirus, and cytomegalovirus and the identification of genes associated with breast, lung, prostate and other cancers.......n will provide a basis for the design of effective vaccines against the HIV virus. "A lot of people in the HIV field are excited by this structure," says Professor Ian Wilson, D. Phil., of the The Skaggs Institute and Department of Molecular Biology. "It clearly illustrates the sort of antibody you need to ra......afety and tolerability of two investigational AIDS vaccines for healthy individuals is being launched this wee... safety and tolerability of genetically engineered vaccines that have been designed to protect the body against HIV infection. Developed by Merck Research Labor...