Jump-starting T cells in skin cancer
...ulie thinks that the few T cells stimulated by the vaccine may change the local, suppressive environment of the tumor such that other T cells can snap out of their stupor and attack the tumor. ...Cancer vaccines: A two-pronged attack?
...sels, January 17th) The latest findings in cancer vaccine development suggest that cancer vaccines may have ...ssel's Louvain University have shown that a cancer vaccine not only specifically stimulates the production of CTLs against the vaccine antigen, it also non-spe...Women In Government report on eliminating cervical cancer
...PV, and to ensure access to HPV testing and to the vaccine for HPV when it becomes available." This baseline state assessment was requested by Women In Government's Cervical Cancer Elimination Task Force as part of its Challenge to Eliminate Cervical Cancer Campaign, which encourages state legislatures to...Researchers develop way to track quality of home health care
...ators look at processes, such as administering flu vaccine and reviewing patient medication, and outcomes, like ratings of the functioning of clients in activities of daily living (ADL). Researchers looked at 73 possible indicators, but screened out those that did not give good statistical information to com...Gene vaccine protects mice against development of Her2/neu breast cancer
...STON - Based on successful animal studies, a novel vaccine that uses immune cells as factories to produce Her...Cancer Research, on Nov. 29, 2004, showed that the vaccine protected 86 percent of experimental mice against HER2/neu-associated breast cancer, even though the...Small band of nurses plays key role keeping germ threats at bay
...ion called upon the network to see if the smallpox vaccine supply could be extended if necessary. Last year, ...sia died from bird flu, a study of an experimental vaccine was initiated. This fall when the nation set out to prevent another flu vaccine shortage from occur...Discovery of key protein's shape could lead to improved bacterial pneumonia vaccine
... the EMBO Journal, could help scientists develop a vaccine that is significantly more effective at protecting... important protein means we can begin to develop a vaccine that is more effective in children than those that are currently available," Kriwacki said. Elaine ...A new vaccine against Salmonella
...ulty of Science on the development of an acellular vaccine aginst Salmonella enteritidis . This involves a w...Javier Ochoa centred on the investigation of a new vaccine based on the encapsulation of the components of the Salmonella enteritidis cell sheath. The vaccin...CDC: Update on current influenza season and vaccine supply in the United States
WHAT: Update on current influenza season and vaccine supply in the United States WHEN: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1 PM, ET Brief remarks followed by Q/A. WHERE: CDC 1600 Clifton Rd, Atlanta Building 16, enter via Clifton Way parking deck Parking is available in the Building 16 p...Major step forwards for vaccine against cervical cancer
Dutch researcher Laura Bungener has developed a vaccine against cervical cancer. Vaccinated laboratory ani...nt because they only occur in malignant cells. The vaccine developed by Bungener, induces a specific immune response against these two proteins. To test the v...Study models impact of anthrax vaccine
... of the population would need to be immunized with vaccine before an anthrax attack, which might not be pract...ys after exposure. The current licensed anthrax vaccine requires six doses over an 18-month period to provide immunity. The researchers looked at what impac...Success of experimental herpes vaccine builds momentum for human clinical trials
... 2004)-A new study provides evidence that a herpes vaccine developed by a Harvard Medical School researcher i...operties, it appears to be the most compelling new vaccine candidate for genital herpes," he said. Straus said that dl5-29 seemed especially promising because ...First US SARS vaccine trial opens at NIH
Powerful research tools that speed up vaccine development have led to the start today of human tests for a preventive vaccine against the respiratory disease SARS. The disease killed hundreds of people around the world before ...Broad-based vaccination of wild mice could help reduce lyme disease risk in humans
... Irvine, and senior author on the paper. "When the vaccine is targeted to humans, only those who experienced a satisfactory immune response to the vaccine are protected; however, when the vaccine is targeted to wildlife carriers, the risk of infection is ...NIAID-sponsored clinical trial aims to boost flu vaccine supply
In an effort to expand the supply of flu vaccine available in the United States in the future, a clinical trial of an influenza vaccine widely used in Europe has begun recruiting participants at four sites nationwide. Funding for the st...Cedars-Sinai medical tipsheet for Dec. 2004
...ered high priority during this season when the Flu vaccine is in short supply, and should seek an influenza vaccine as soon as possible. Influenza vaccines do not have adverse effects on fetuses, and they have been s...Jefferson and Molecular Targeting Technologies, Inc. scientists create vaccine for wildlife rabies
... disease. They have created a more powerful, safer vaccine than currently is available to combat rabies in wi...as Jefferson University, created a new live rabies vaccine by manipulating the virus itself, making it much weaker than before. The scientists also made the va...Peptide vaccine can produce complete remission in myeloid leukemia patients
...cular remission in some patients. The experimental vaccine produced an immune response in 60 percent of patie...me (MDS), a precancerous bone marrow disorder. The vaccine is made from the PR1 peptide, a small part of a protein found on the inside of leukemia cells. Deliv...VGTI researchers help uncover why aging reduces immune system function
...ght disease. To provide a real-life example: A flu vaccine shortage like the one we are witnessing might be less concerning if elderly Americans were made less susceptible." ...Dartmouth Medical School receives $1.6 million in AIDS funding
... the DARDAR group's work, including a tuberculosis vaccine trial now underway. It was in the course of this ...anzania. "We were seeing HIV-positive women in the vaccine trial struggle when one of their children was diagnosed with HIV, knowing that there were no program...