Vaccine Weekly articles from November 1999

Vaccine Weekly archives from November 1999

HLA-A2 Polyepitope Vaccine for Melanoma Immunotherapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- "Epitope-based vaccination strategies designed to induce tumor-specific CDS CTL, are being widely considered for cancer immunotherapy," suggested researchers from Australia. "...we describe a recombinant...

U.S. Military Unprotected as Adenovirus Attacks.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- With vaccine stocks depleted, U.S. military training programs are undergoing shutdowns due to adenovirus epidemics. There is no relief in sight: there will be no new vaccine...

Drug Company-Backed Research Less Critical than Independent Studies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have found that studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs are far more likely to report favorable findings if they are sponsored by the drug companies themselves rather than independent groups. ...

Developing Inhaled Asthma Vaccine for Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A revolutionary approach in the research for an asthma cure has been discovered at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI), a not-for-profit facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tests reveal an...

Harmless Duck Flu Virus a Potential Vaccine for Bird Flu.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A strain of influenza virus from migratory ducks that does not cause disease in humans may be a potential vaccine against the virulent bird-flu that appeared briefly in Hong Kong or other, yet-to-be-identified...

Dendritic Cells Transduced with Wild-Type p53 Slow Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Loyola University, USA, reported on their attempts to use the wild-type p53 gene for immunotherapy of cancer. After transducing dendritic cells (DC) with a human wild-type p53 containing...

Murine Study Shows Protection with Tumor-Derived Stress Proteins.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Protective immunity has been shown in inbred mice immunized with tumor-derived stress proteins hsp70, hsp90, and gp96/grp94, report researchers from Germany. "There is now comprehensive experimental evidence...

RhCMV Proteins Protect from Disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- The experimental inoculation of rhesus macaques with rhesus cytomegalovirus corresponded with some essential aspects of human cytomegalovirus infection, according to a recent report....

Influence of Vaccine and Placebo Allocation of Study Efficiency.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Georgia State University, USA, are looking at the allocation of vaccine and placebo as an important influence on the efficiency of vaccine efficacy studies. The following randomization schemes...

CDC Updates Report To Encourage Hepatitis A Vaccination for Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- To further encourage implementation of routine hepatitis A vaccination programs for children in 17 high endemic states, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have incorporated the recommendations...

Dendritic Cell-Based Immunotherapies Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Using a murine model of visceral leishmaniasis, researchers from the University of Texas, USA, have begun research on vaccine and treatment strategies that combine dendritic cells (DC) with anti-infective cytokines...

DNA Immunization Helps Malaria Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- DNA-coated gold particles injected by a gene gun could be one component of an effective malaria vaccine strategy, say researchers from Dartmouth University, the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, and Osaka...

Developing Alternative Mucosal Immunization Regimens.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Immunex Research & Development Corp., USA, are working to modulate dendritic cells (DC) as a means of enhancing mucosal immunization protocols. E. Williamson and colleagues wanted to improve...

Monoclonal Antibodies Recognize Discontinuous Regions of Native Prion Protein.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Germany have developed monoclonal antibodies that may recognize certain regions of the native prion protein. Prion diseases belong to a group of neurodegenerative disorders that affect both...

Gene Therapy Trial First To Activate Entire Human Immune System Against Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cancer researchers from Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, Maryland, reported the successful use of human gene therapy to activate the human immune system against metastatic prostate cancer. The achievement, believed to...

Enhancing Delivery Systems for a Peptide-Based Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a recent issue of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, researchers from Switzerland reported on immunopotentiating reconstituted influenza virosomes (IRIV) as a delivery system for synthetic peptide vaccines....

Oral DNA Vaccine Development on Fast Track.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Being able to "track" vaccine products in vivo is necessary to determine effectiveness and facilitate development of oral DNA vaccines. J.A. Shallcross and colleagues from CAMR, United Kingdom, are identifying...

Reminder: Data from Animal Models Not Directly Relevant to Humans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Information from animal models of DNA vaccination are not directly applicable to humans, a researcher reminded attendees of the First International Congress on Cytokines/Chemokines in Infectious Diseases, held...

Retroviral Vectors Are Backbone of Cancer Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) A retroviral vector transduced with interleukin-6 (IL-6) has strong anticancer activity. Andrzej Mackiewicz and colleagues from the University School of Medical Sciences at Great Poland Cancer Center, Poland,...

Enzyme May Identify Flu Vaccine Failures.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Elderly people who get the flu despite vaccination have low levels of cytotoxic lymphocyte (CTL) activity. Some of these individuals developed influenza even though they had...

Vaccine May Cover Most Prevalent Group A Streptococcus Strains.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- ID Biomedical Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, announced that results from its group A streptococcal vaccine development program were presented at the XIV Lancefield International Symposium on...

Low Vaccination Rates in Poorest Nations Claim Millions of Lives.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Four million of the more than 11 million children under age five who die each year in developing countries from infectious diseases die due to lack of access to vaccines that are readily available elsewhere,...

Antex Discovers Drug Target for Identifying New Antibiotics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Antex Biologics, Gaithersburg, Maryland, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Antex Pharma Inc., has discovered a novel drug target to screen for new antibiotics. Antex Pharma's mission is aimed at...

Wyeth Lederle Vaccines Voluntarily Withdraws its Rotavirus Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Wyeth Lederle Vaccines, Madison, New Jersey, a division of American Home Products Corporation, announced that it has withdrawn its RotaShield (rotavirus vaccine) from the market and has requested the immediate...

C.W. Henderson Publisher Among Internet's Top Five Sites for Key Health Topics.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- For major health, medical, and biotechnology niches, C.W. Henderson Publisher's web site is rated one of the five best on the Internet. Based on rankings conducted in October 1999 by the top three search...

Phase II Trial of Novel Melanoma Vaccines Initiated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Therion Biologics Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced that it has initiated a Phase II clinical trial in collaboration with the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) to evaluate two novel therapeutic...

CDC Committee Recommends First Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine for Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously on October 22, 1999, to recommend Prevenar, the first pneumococcal conjugate vaccine,...

New Global Alliance for 21st Century Vaccines.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- The 20th century taught that vaccines can be developed for most of the diseases that plague mankind. The challenge for the 21st century is getting these vaccines to the...

U.S. To Prepare for Next Flu Pandemic.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A new influenza pandemic is inevitable, and the U.S. isn't ready. But it soon will be, promised Martin Myers of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in...

BCG Plasma Membrane Proteins Characterized.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mycobacterial plasma membrane proteins, specifically the detergent-soluble ones, are a class of antigens which have been, for the most part unexplored, researchers from India report. From culture-grown bacillus...

Immunization with an Anti-Idiotypic Monoclonal Antibody Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from England reported on the use of the anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody 105AD7 as an adjuvant therapy in early stage colorectal cancer. 105AD7 emulates the tumor-associated antigen 791Tgp72, which...

Early Childhood Immunizations and beta-Cell Autoimmunity Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the University of Colorado at Denver, USA, have conducted a study "to determine whether early childhood immunization history affects the risk of developing the beta-cell autoimmunity that precedes...

Effect of BCG Vaccination on New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Children's Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, reported on their study "to test whether Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine preserves beta-cell function and increases the remission rate in...

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Vaccination at Birth Does Not Ruin TB Tracking Efforts.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Salynn Boyles, Senior Editor -- A study from Uganda suggests that a policy of bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccination at birth does not hamper efforts to track tuberculosis spread. "The tuberculin skin test...

HBV Vaccination at Birth May Explain Unexplained Fevers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Salynn Boyles, Senior Editor -- The practice of vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B may explain an increase of unexplained fevers among neonates. Researchers from Israel's Schneider Children's Medical...

40 kDa Antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers in Germany reported on the properties of the 40 kDa antigen of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The 40 kDa antigen of M. tuberculosis is the first antigen reported to be present in the pathogenic M....

Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Encoding GM-CSF Tackles Melanoma.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Intratumoral injections of escalating doses of a vaccinia virus carrying granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is safe and effective against cutaneous melanoma. "Seven immunocompetent,...

Hemophilus Meningitis Study Indicates Vaccine May Cause Diabetes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A report in the British Medical Journal indicates a causal relationship between the hemophilus vaccine and the development of insulin dependent diabetes. The data are particularly disturbing because they...

Doctors Warn of Bioterror Threat.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- It's time to start thinking about the unthinkable. A distinguished panel of defense, microbiology, and infectious disease specialists warns that the U.S. is completely...

Melanoma, Ovarian Cancer Vaccine Data Presented.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Avax Technologies, Inc. (Avax), Kansas City, Missouri, announced that David A. Berd, MD, inventor of the AC Vaccine technology and professor of medicine, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University,...

HBV and Cancer in Children Examined.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The impact of hepatitis B infection on children with cancer was the focus of two poster presentations given at a major pediatric oncology meeting in September. Children with cancer are at risk for hepatitis B...

Military Anthrax Program Criticized.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The future supply of anthrax vaccine remains uncertain, complicating the U.S. Defense Department's efforts to inoculate all 2.4 million service members, congressional investigators suggest. The General...

Expert Says Medical Practice Should Be Confined to Areas with Solid Scientific Basis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Journalists should refrain from reporting on medical research that is anecdotal, provides only interim results, or that makes use of poor controls, according to an expert on medical technology, considered by many as...

Microbiologists Battle E. Coli in Cows.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Within less than a decade, the Escherchia coli bacterium has gone from relative obscurity to major health threat, causing outbreaks of disease linked first to fast-food hamburgers, then lettuce, apple cider, alfalfa...

CDC Awards $8 Million Contract To Supplement HIV Vaccine Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- VaxGen, Inc., announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will contribute funds to support additional research at five of the 56 clinics in the United States currently conducting Phase...

Immunizing College Students Against Meningococcal Disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following statement is from the American College Health Association. [helv] The American College Health Association (ACHA) supports the new recommendation made by the CDC's [U.S. Centers for Disease Control...

U.S. Withdraws Rotavirus Vaccine Recommendation.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A U.S. federal health panel has withdrawn its recommendation that infants be vaccinated against rotavirus because of a rare side effect from a vaccine that was licensed in 1998. The Advisory Committee on...

Vaccine Worries Growing in U.S.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- A lot of today's new parents weren't around when polio was so dreaded that children were kept from the movies or the beach during the summer because of fears the paralyzing virus would sweep through a crowd. ...

Memory T Cells Need Only One Exposure to Antigen.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Just one exposure to an antigen is enough to keep the immune system permanently primed for attack against that particular invader, two new studies show. These findings resolve an important question for vaccine...

Europeans To Unite in AIDS Vaccine Effort.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The European Union is planning to a launch a drive to develop an AIDS vaccine. During an international AIDS meeting held in Paris, France, during November 1999, a group of researchers quietly met to plan the...

Low Acute Flaccid Paralysis Rate Reflects Vaccine Success in Italy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The low incidence of poliomyelitis in Italy is indicative of the success of the World Health Organization-led polio vaccine program, indicates a recent report. "The overall rate of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP)...

Bovine Vaccine May Benefit Humans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A vaccine developed at North Carolina State University, USA, for cows suffering from severe diarrhea could one day help AIDS patients, travelers, children at daycare centers, and others susceptible to diarrhea...

Local, Systemic Immune Responses to H. pylori Assessed in Humans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Immunization against Helicobacter pylori works in humans probably because it induces an immune response against antigens usually not immunodominant during infection, concluded a recent study. "Immunization can...

Vaccine Recommended in Countries with High H. pylori Infection Rate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preventive immunization against Helicobacter pylori should occur in countries with high incidence of the bacterial infection, recommends a researcher in Chile. In a review of research on H. pylori, J....

Study Shows Improved Pediatric On-Time Vaccination Rates.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Rates of on-time immunization to prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have risen among children in Chicago, Illinois, USA, inner-city public housing, according to an article in the November 10, 1999, issue of...

Mumps No Longer a Public Health Problem in Israel.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the 10+ years since the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine has been used to immunize children in Israel, incidence of mumps has declined to the point that the infection is no longer a public health problem in...

Hideout Discovered for Virus.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study shows that HIV invades resting, as well as activated CD4(+) T cells, creating a small but resilient population of infected cells that quietly harbor the virus while their activated counterparts battle...

Some Babies More Prone to Measles.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Infants whose mothers were vaccinated against measles inherit few natural antibodies and are far more likely to catch the virus than infants of older, unvaccinated mothers, according to a new study. The...

Data Presented on Endostatin Protein and Cancer Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- EntreMed, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, announced two presentations at the 14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society for Biological Therapy, Biological Therapy of Cancer Meeting, held in Cambridge, Massachussetts,...

Reversal of Tumor-Induced Immunosuppression Beneficial.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The reversal of tumor-induced immunosuppression is a beneficial adjunct to glioma immunotherapy, suggest researchers from Colorado. Y. Liu and colleagues from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center...

Kidney Transplant Patients at High Risk for Combined Viral Pathology.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The prophylaxis of combined viral infections in kidney transplant recipients should included polyspecific vaccination, according to a recent conference report. E.Y. Baran and colleagues of the Academy of...

Efficacy of Vaccine Reaffirmed after First Season's Use.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- MedImmune, Inc. announced that additional safety and efficacy data on the use of Synagis (palivizumab) for the prevention of serious respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease in pediatric patients at high risk for...

Mutant M. tuberculosis Evaluated for Immune Properties.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A mutant of Mycobacterium tuberculosis deficient in antigen 85 complex B may prove to offer superior tuberculosis immunity, murine studies suggest. The studies were presented at the First International Congress...

Italian Researchers Promise Success with "Simple" Approach.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- When the idea dawned on Italian researcher Barbara Ensoli that most scientists looking for an AIDS vaccine were barking up the wrong tree, she knew she might have a hard time getting people to take her theory...

University Receives $6.25 Million for Continued Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two groups of investigators in Colorado State University's, USA, microbiology department have received $6.25 million to continue research programs into drugs that can cure tuberculosis (TB). A research team...

Phase II Trials Commence To Study Genital Herpes Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cantab Pharmaceuticals, plc, announced that vaccination has commenced in the Phase II trial with its DISC HSV vaccine for genital herpes. The vaccine is being developed in collaboration with Glaxo Wellcome plc. ...

NewsRx.com Health Wire Service Launches in 60 Days.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- NewsRx.com, a daily health news wire service, launches in January 2000 from CW Henderson Publisher, the largest producer of weekly medical newsletters. The health wire service will be distributed daily and...

Panel Urges New Childhood Vaccine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new vaccine moved a step closer to the market on November 5, 1999, and U.S. government advisers said it appears highly effective at protecting young children from bacteria-caused meningitis and blood poisoning....

Non-Viral Polycation-Based Vector Delivers to CD4(+) Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A non-viral, polycation-based vector may provide a means of delivering anti-HIV gene therapies to CD4(+) cells, suggests research from Australia. "CD4(-) selective targeting of an antibody-polycation-DNA...

Cytokines Mediate Immunity to TB.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Salynn Boyles, Senior Editor -- Interleukin 6 and interleukin 12 appear to play a central role in cell-mediated immunity to tuberculosis. In this study, I.S. Leal and colleagues from Portugal's University...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccine Tied to Genetic Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genetic research may soon advance the search for a vaccine against human respiratory syncytial virus. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a major cause of pediatric respiratory tract disease worldwide, but a...

'Switching' of Key Gene Demonstrated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the November 1, 1999, issue of Nature Biotechnology, scientists from Isis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California, published results from a study that could lead to the development of new drugs to treat cancer and...

Gene Transfer of Leuvectin Safe in Phase I/II Trial.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Immunotherapy of advanced malignancy by direct gene transfer of Leuvectin is safe. "We have completed a Phase I study, followed by three Phase I/II studies, in patients with metastatic melanoma, renal cell...

Synthesized DNA Enzyme Has Inhibitory Effect.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A synthesized DNA enzyme showed an inhibitory effect on HIV-1, researchers from Japan reported. X.Y. Zhang and colleagues synthesized nine different DNA enzymes (DzV3-n, n=1-9) targeting the V3 loop region of...

Inner City On-Time Vaccination Rates Increase.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Rates of on-time immunization with the vaccine to prevent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection have risen among children in Chicago inner-city public housing, according to an article in the November 10, 1999, issue of...

Adults Are Source of Infection for Whooping Cough.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study in France found adults are a source of whooping cough infection in children; teenagers in that country now are given a booster vaccine. Whooping cough, caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, has...

"Pockets" of Measles Susceptibility Still Exist.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Universal vaccination means that measles has been almost eliminated in the Unites States, but there are still "pockets" of susceptibility, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report finds. ...

Vaccine Strategy Might Circumvent PTLD in Allograft Recipients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- An Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-based vaccine has potential to treat and prevent post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) in allograft recipients. "In order to develop a strategy for vaccinating or...

Phage Display Peptide Libraries Can Target Renal Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of phage display peptide libraries can help researchers target novel vectors for drug delivery or gene therapy to defined kidney cells. Alex Odermatt and colleagues from the University of Berne,...

Company Rates Efficacy of Next Generation Antibacterial Agents.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- The continuing increase in the prevalence and diversity of drug-resistant strains of bacteria will drive development and sales of new antibacterial agents well into the future, a new study indicates. Indeed,...

Hepatitis C Vaccine Development Data Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Epimmune Inc., San Diego, California, announced the recent publication of data in Hepatology which support the company's approach to developing a hepatitis C virus (HCV) vaccine. In the study, HCV epitopes...

Company Says Data Support Approach to Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Epimmune Inc., San Diego, California, announced the recent publication of data in Nature Medicine which support the company's approach to developing a vaccine for HIV. Results from the study of rhesus macaques,...

Combination Vaccine To Be Co-Developed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Chiron Corp., Emeryville, California, announced that it has agreed to co-develop, with the National Institutes of Public Health (NIPH) - Folkehelsa - of Oslo, Norway, a unique combination vaccine against both the B...

Evaluation of DNA Vectors Furthers HIV Vaccine Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 29, 1999... 1999 NOV 29 - (NewsRx.com) The testing of DNA vectors will allow researchers to systematically evaluate approaches for maximizing the induction of immune responses against HIV-1 in animal models, a study from the United States suggests. ...