Vaccine Weekly articles from August 2000

Vaccine Weekly archives from August 2000

Successful Aging is Associated with Adequate Response to Vaccines.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Those folks who live to a ripe old age may do so as a result of an intact immune system, researchers in the United States suggest. "Decline in immune function has been reported to predictably accompany...

Point Mutation in mma3 Gene is Responsible for Impaired Methoxymycolic Acid Production.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Canada have discovered why methoxymycolic acid production in Mycobacterium bovis strains of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) obtained after the year 1927 is impaired. "BCG vaccines are...

No Relationship Realized Between Tuberculin Reactivity and Atopy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- There appears to be no significant relationship between tuberculin reactivity and atopy in young adults vaccinated with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine. "An inverse association between tuberculin...

Vaccine Changes Cognitive Characteristics in Murine Model.(Alzheimer's disease vaccine)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vaccination with beta amyloid peptide improved performance in a murine model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), researchers in Canada reported. "A(beta)1-42, the 42 amino acid form of the A(beta)peptide has...

Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Binds to CD14(+) Cells, Inhibits Immune Response.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers looking for ways to develop better therapeutic or prophylactic drugs against the hepatitis B virus (HBV) might need to look at the interaction between hepatitis B surface antigen- (HBsAg) and...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Alters Interferon-{{gamma}} Expression in vitro.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research conducted by Texas A&M Health Science Center investigators has shown that virulent mycobacteria inhibit the expression of interferon-{{gamma}} (IFN-{{gamma}}) in guinea pig cells. These findings...

IAVI Issues Blueprint to Assure Global Access.(International AIDS Vaccine Initiative)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- The development pipeline for AIDS vaccines was virtually empty two years ago. Today, there are promising products in development but still no plan to get any useful vaccine to the most affected communities in...

NIH to Get $50 Million Over Five Years for Prevention and Treatment Research.(National Institutes of Health)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. government researchers will get an additional $50 million over the next five years for research into prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, including the potential for a vaccine, the White House...

Individualized Stage III Melanoma Vaccine Commercialized.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Avax Technologies, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, announced that its autologous cancer vaccine (AC Vaccine) for melanoma, M-Vax, is now commercially available in Australia, for administration to individuals with...

Hepatitis B Vaccination for Asian and Pacific Islander Children Emphasized.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- A report in the July 14, 2000, edition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says that Asian and Pacific Islander (API) children have a 20 to 30 times...

Agreement Signed for Prostate Cancer Antibody Therapy.(between UroGenesys Inc. and Genentech Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- UroGenesys, Inc., Santa Monica, California, announced the signing of an agreement providing Genentech, Inc. with an exclusive worldwide license to develop antibody-based therapeutics for cancer using Prostate...

Four Central Nervous System Candidate Genes Delivered.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced that Wyeth-Ayerst Research has accepted four genes implicated in central nervous system diseases as part of the companies' collaboration in...

Vaccine for 2000-2001 Flu Season Expected to be Delayed.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a notice in the July 14, 2000, edition of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, supply and distribution of the influenza vaccine for the...

United Kingdom Approves NeisVac-C Vaccine.(for group C meningococcal infection)(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Baxter's Hyland Immuno business announced that the United Kingdom Medicines Control Agency has granted market authorization for NeisVac-C, a group C meningococcal conjugate vaccine. The vaccine is...

License Granted for Vaccine Technology.(MedImmune Inc. grants SmithKline Beecham license to Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- MedImmune, Inc. (MEDI), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced that it has granted SmithKline Beecham (SBH), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a worldwide, exclusive license to its Streptococcus pneumoniae vaccine...

TB Vaccination Program Will Restart in London Schools.(Brief Article)
August 2, 2000... 2000 AUG 2 - (NewsRx.com) -- Dr. Pat Troop, deputy chief medical officer with the U.K. Department of Health, announced on July 18, 2000, that the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine program against TB can now begin again in schools in...

Different Protective Effects of BCG Vaccine Evaluated.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against pulmonary tuberculosis elicits different protective immune responses in children from the United Kingdom as compared to children from Malawi. "Glaxo (now...

Vaccination May Not Protect U.S. Soldiers.(from anthrax)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Plans to vaccinate all 2.4 million U.S. military personnel against anthrax are in fresh trouble. Research notes from a crucial test of the vaccine in monkeys suggest that, while jabs may keep soldiers...

Prophylactic Immunization May Actually Stimulate Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States reported startling results from experiments with prophylactic cancer vaccines. "One major objective of tumor immunologists is to prevent cancer development in individuals...

Renal Complications Prevented by Monoclonal Antibody Treatment.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Using a murine model, researchers have found that renal complications caused by diabetes can be prevented by the long-term administration of a neutralizing monoclonal antibody (MAb). "Emerging evidence...

Pneumonia Vaccine Ineffective in HIV-1 Infected Ugandan Adults.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- A 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine evaluated in HIV-1 Ugandan adults was reported by researchers in the United Kingdom to be practically useless. "Infection with Streptococcus pneumoniae is a...

Hepatitis A Disease Rate Remains High Among Populations in Atlanta, Georgia.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Atlanta, Georgia, the site for this year's major conference on emerging infectious diseases, a subset of the metropolitan population continues to have high hepatitis A virus infection rates, despite...

Vaccine Reaches Clinical Trial.(malaria vaccine)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Much needed malaria vaccines may be available soon, researchers from Belgium reported. "Malaria remains one of the world's most deadly diseases," reported J. Cohen, SmithKline Beecham Biologicals,...

DNA Immunization Generates Protective Immunity Similar to BCG Vaccine.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- DNA immunization against tuberculosis generated protective immunity similar to that induced by the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine in a study conducted by U.S. government researchers. "Immunization...

Passively-Delivered Antibodies are Protective.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intranasal delivery of monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) protected mice against challenge with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, reported researchers in the United Kingdom and Cuba. "There is an increased awareness...

Antibodies from Immunized Rabbits Used to Detect Amyloid.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Diffuse A(beta) deposits are not a transitional form of amyloid accumulation, a team of researchers from Poland and the United States reported. "Study of the properties of the three polyclonal antibodies...

Scientists Link Protein to Hemorrhaging.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified a part of the Ebola virus that likely is responsible for the massive internal bleeding leading to most of those deaths. Ebola...

Vietnam, Neighbors Struggle to Rein in Hepatitis B.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hepatitis B infection is rampant in much of Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa, taxing the medical resources of impoverished nations that also are struggling with the spread of HIV. Chronic carriers can go...

DNA Expression Vectors Target Gag Antigen to the Secretory Pathway.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States report enhancing primary and secondary cellular immune responses against HIV-1 Gag by using DNA expression vectors that target Gag antigen to the secretory pathway. "In...

Oral Vaccine Trial Begins.(Antex Biologics begins Helivax oral vaccine trials)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antex Biologics (ATXB), Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced the start of a Phase Ib/II clinical trial of Antex's Helivax, an orally administered vaccine for Helicobacter pylori. According to the U.S. Centers...

Collaboration Aims to Develop a Cancer Vaccine.(Viragen Inc.'s Viragen (Scotland) Ltd., the University of Nottingham, and Cancer Research Campaign Technology to develop cancer vaccine)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Viragen, Inc. (VRA), Plantation, Florida, announced that its subsidiary, Viragen (Scotland) Ltd., (VSL), in collaboration with the University of Nottingham and Cancer Research Campaign Technology (CRCT), has...

Patient Wants Access to Quarantined Vaccine.(melanoma vaccine)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- A woman suffering from melanoma wants to be allowed to continue treatments with an experimental vaccine used during trials that were shut down by the U.S. federal government at the University of Oklahoma...

Monoclonal Antibody Has Potential in Reducing Heart Attack Damage.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gliatech Inc. (GLIA), Cleveland, Ohio, announced that company scientists are presenting data at the 18th International Complement Workshop in Snowbird, Utah, indicating that an anti-complement monoclonal...

Phase I GPI-0100 Vaccine Trial Initiated.(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Galenica Pharmaceuticals, Frederick, Maryland, announced the beginning of a Phase I human clinical trial of GPI-0100 under an agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). The trial will...

Three Lots of Imovax Vaccine Voluntarily Recalled.(by Aventis Pasteur Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 9, 2000... 2000 AUG 9 - (NewsRx.com) -- Aventis Pasteur Inc., Swiftwater, Pennsylvania, announced that, as a precautionary measure, it is voluntarily recalling three lots of a rabies vaccine that is used for pre-exposure immunization. This...

Naked DNA Vaccination May Conquer Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A novel modification of a new technology born of genetic engineering, and known as naked DNA vaccination, holds the potential of overcoming autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis and rheumatoid...

Lysine Auxotroph of M. tuberculosis H37Rv Induces Immunity in Mice.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A lysine auxotroph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv used as a vaccine was able to induce cell-mediated immunity in a murine model. "A mutant strain of M. tuberculosis H37Rv (mc23026) in which the lysA...

Structure of Toxin May Help Lead to Vaccine Design.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The toxins produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria are among the deadliest known to humankind. A drop ingested can paralyze the body, including the muscles responsible for breathing, leading to death by...

Antibody Responses Absent in HIV Exposed Uninfected Sex Workers.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Specific mucosal antibody responses were not found in sex workers from the Gambia who had been exposed to HIV but remained uninfected, reported researchers in the United States. "Specific antibodies to...

T-Cell Vaccination Depletes Specific Myelin-Reactive T Cells.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States found that secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) patients vaccinated with bovine myelin-reactive irradiated T cells had depleted populations of the immune cells...

Edible Vaccine Shows Promise Fighting Virus in Lab Tests.(respiratory syncytial virus)
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A respiratory virus that strikes hardest at young children and the elderly in nursing homes has lost a preliminary bout with a two-fisted enemy - genetically modified cherry tomatoes containing an edible...

CAT-152 Monoclonal Antibody Reduces Scarring After Surgery.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- A fully human monoclonal antibody (MAb) against human transforming growth factor (TGF)beta2, (CAT-152), helped reduce subconjunctival scarring after glaucoma filtration surgery, researchers in the United...

Adjuvants Help Induce Mucosal Antibody Immune Responses.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The combination of interleukin (IL)-12 and cholera toxin subunit B (CTB) help stimulate mucosal antibody responses to a HIV-1 gp120 subunit vaccine, a new study has found. "Envelope glycoprotein gp120 is...

Researchers Produce Mice with Hallmark of Alzheimer's Disease.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, have successfully bred mice whose brains develop neurofibrillary tangles, one of the major pathological characteristics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in...

Reaction of Lymphoma Cells to Anti-CD20 Monoclonal Antibody Evaluated.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Italy found that CD55 and CD59 cells are important regulators of complement-mediated cytotoxicity following treatment of B lymphoma cells with the monoclonal antibody (MAb) rituximab. "The...

Zadaxin Prevents Formation of Lung Tumors in NIH Study.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- SciClone Pharmaceuticals (SCLN) announced the publication of results of a U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) preclinical study indicating that its Zadaxin immunotherapy may decrease formation of lung...

DNA Blueprint Unveiled.(the genomic sequence of Vibrio cholerae)
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) have determined the genomic sequence of Vibrio cholerae, the cause of severe diarrheal disease that has been endemic in southern...

Controversy Continues in Nigeria Over Supposed Preventive and Curative Vaccine.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Nigerian government is butting heads with Dr. Jeremiah Abalaka over Abalaka's AIDS vaccine, with the government taking the latest hit. Abalaka claims to have successfully produced a vaccine that can...

Human Monoclonal Antibody-Based Treatment Results Reported.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The University of Nebraska Medical Center and Intracel announced that they have demonstrated the safety and feasibility of its HumaRAD product, a fully human monoclonal antibody-based product being developed...

Prevention of Nasal Colonization Could Eliminate Disease in High Risk Patients.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The anterior portion of the nasal passages is a prime site for colonization by Staphylococcus aureus. Scientists at Harvard Medical School's Brigham and Women's Hospital maintain that by eliminating...

Hepatitis A Infection Spread Within Family Despite Child's Vaccination.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Germany recently described a case in which the family of a young girl who had been vaccinated against the hepatitis A virus subsequently became infected. In a letter to the New England...

LEAPS Technology Extends Coverage with New Patent.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cel-Sci Corp. (CVM), Vienna, Virginia, announced the issuance of a key U.S. patent (number 6,096,315) expanding the coverage on Cel-Sci's Ligand Epitope Antigen Presentation System (L.E.A.P.S.) vaccine...

NIH Awards Company $3 Million to Develop Vaccine.
August 16, 2000... 2000 AUG 16 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health has awarded a Massachusetts biotechnology firm $3 million to try to create a vaccine for the West Nile virus, which killed seven people in the New York City area last...

Children with Primary Immunodeficiencies May Have Adverse Reactions.(to bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and live virus vaccines)
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Children with primary immunodeficiencies (PID) may experience adverse reactions (AR) to bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) and live virus vaccines, reported researchers in Brazil. "The immunization schedule...

New HLA-A*0201-Restricted T-Cell Epitope Identified.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Germany have identified a new HLA-A*0201-restricted T-cell epitope derived from the tyrosinase-related protein 2 (TRP2) melanoma antigen. "For the development of peptide-based...

Monoclonal Antibody Inhibits Tumor Growth in Mouse Model.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Imclone System, Inc., researchers report the monoclonal antibody IMC-C225 may have therapeutic potential against human pancreatic cancer. "Pancreatic carcinoma is associated with a poor prognosis, and...

Rotavirus Vaccines May Trigger Type 1 Diabetes.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Infection with a rotavirus, the commonest cause of gastroenteritis in children, may lead to childhood diabetes, according to reports in the August 12, 2000, edition of New Scientist and the journal Diabetes...

Bacterial Components May Cause Allergic Reactions in Some Children.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- High doses of bacterial components may cause allergic reactions in some children, researchers note. "We studied 27 children with suspected allergy to multivalent vaccines: pricks (undiluted) and...

Postexposure Prophylaxis Fails Two Children.(rabies )
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Despite proper postexposure prophylaxis, two children in Turkey died after being bitten by rabid dogs. "Two boys aged 11 and 13 years old were bitten by the same dog," reported S. Ozer and colleagues from...

Radioimmunotherapy Protocol Uses Iodine-131 Tositumomab.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United Kingdom evaluated Bexxar (Iodine-131 tositumomab) radioimmunotherapy in patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. "Between July 1998 and November 1999, 40 patients, median age...

New Monoclonal Antibody Blocks Cell Receptors and has Anti-Cancer Properties.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary results of in vitro studies on a new immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) monoclonal antibody called ABX-EGF have shown its efficacy as an anti-cancer agent. Abgenix, Inc., researchers presented their...

Research Agreement Announced to Evaluate Dendritic-Cell-Based Therapies.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Select Therapeutics Inc. (SLPU), Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced that it has entered into a research agreement with the University of Arizona Cancer Center (ACC) for evaluation of therapeutic vaccines for...

Photoimmunotherapy Targets Hepatic Metastases with Antibody.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in the United States and Italy have developed a photoimmunotherapy protocol that targets hepatic metastases using a monoclonal antibody (MAb). "Photoimmunotherapy (using a MAb-targeted...

Initial Results Announced for Improved Delivery System.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BTPH; BAI), Lincolnshire, Illinois, announced successful initial pre-clinical results from its collaboration with Medi-Ject Corp. (MEDJ) to develop improved drug delivery...

U.S. Government Considers Research Finance Rules.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new era of biotechnology economics that promises some scientists great wealth may cause conflicts of interest that affect patient safety and undermine medical research, experts say. At a U.S. National...

Diagnostic Tests Compared for Identifying Serological Responses.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in The Netherlands have found that different assays have different uses in determining serological responses to herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2). "Detection of HSV-2-specific antibodies by...

State Mandates Chickenpox Vaccine.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Robert W. knew about the vaccine to prevent chickenpox, but he opted against giving it to his infant son. The result: his son developed chickenpox in 1998 when he was two. Robert, a pediatrician, did...

Vaccine Program in Pacific Islands Leads to Lower Hepatitis B Rates in Children.(Statistical Data Included)
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- In 1995, several countries in the Pacific Islands began hepatitis B virus vaccine programs to immunize infants. A subsequent follow-up study of these children indicates that they remain protected against the...

U.S. Government Preparing for Possible Flu Shot Shortage.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Worried about a possible shortage of this winter's flu vaccine, U.S. federal health officials are studying whether it would be safe to stretch supplies by giving some healthy Americans half a dose, reserving...

Phase IIb BLP25 Vaccine Multi-Center Trial Initiated.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Biomira Inc. (BIOM) (BRA), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, announced the initiation of a multi-center Phase IIb clinical trial of BLP25 vaccine in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer. The...

Menjugate Vaccine Cleared by Ireland Health Authorities.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Chiron Corp. (CHIR), Emeryville, California, announced the Irish Medicines Board granted the company a license to market Menjugate, its conjugate vaccine against meningococcal C disease (Men C) caused by the...

Collaboration Aims to Decipher Genome of Whooping Cough Bacterium.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genomics One Corp. (GNX), Laval, Quebec, Canada, announced that it has entered into a five-year collaboration agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Possible Infectious Nature Still Unclear.(rheumatoid arthritis)
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although there is evidence suggesting an infectious or viral basis for rheumatoid arthritis, research into specific culprits has been unproductive and may never yield usable results, researchers report. ...

U.S. Patent Granted for T-Cell Receptor Peptides Vaccine.
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR), Carlsbad, California, announced that it has received U.S. Patent Number 6,090,387 covering methods and compositions relating to its immune-based technology for the prevention...

Monoclonal Antibody Plus BCG Safely Administered to Patients with Previous TB.(tuberculosis )
August 30, 2000... 2000 AUG 30 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients who have previously had tuberculosis or who are purified protein derivative (PPD) positive can be safely administered low doses of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as an adjuvant to BEC2 immunotherapy,...