Immunotherapy Weekly articles from October 2001

Immunotherapy Weekly archives from October 2001

Finding Of Key Blood Sugar Controller Could Yield New Diabetes Drugs.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers have discovered the long-sought molecular "switch" that regulates the liver's production of glucose, the sugar that fuels the brain but which builds up...

Louisiana Disputes It Has Fewest Asthma Sufferers.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- State officials are disputing a recent federal study that said Louisiana has the lowest rate of asthma sufferers in the country. In August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,...

New Drug Offers Hope To Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone marrow transplantation (BMT) is used to improve the survival of leukemia patients who have a poor outlook following chemotherapy. However, the success of bone marrow transplantation is...

Scientists Identify Adhesion Mechanism That May Lead To Treatment.(Sickle cell anemia)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California researchers have discovered novel cell adhesion mechanism that may lead to improved treatment for sickle cell disease Patients with sickle cell disease experience pain...

Data Safety Monitoring Board Finds Remune Study Meets Primary Endpoint.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As announced by the Immune Response Corporation (IRC) on July 11, 2001, it was anticipated that the independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) would be meeting again to evaluate the results of...

Remune Study 202 Discontinued By Immune Response Corporation.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corporation (IRC) announced in August 2001, that after a thorough review of the available data, it has informed Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., of its decision that it does not...

Zyrtec-D Receives FDA Approval.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Zyrtec-D 12 Hour (cetrizine HCl/pseudoephedrine HCl), an antihistamine with decongestant for the treatment of a broad range of allergies and nasal...

Immunotherapeutic Could Help High Grade Patients Avoid Surgery.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Stressgen presented positive data concerning their immunotherapeutic drug, HspE7, and the treatment of anal dysplasia. The data showed that up to 71% of high-grade anal dysplasia patients...

Hollis-Eden Names Scientific Investigator For Allergy, Autoimmunity And Inflammation.(Dominick L. Auci)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc. (HEPH), has appointed Dominick L. Auci, PhD, to the position of Scientific Investigator for Allergy, Immunology and Inflammation. Dr. Auci brings to Hollis-Eden a...

BTG Acquires Oral Vaccine Delivery Technology.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BTG (BGC), a technology commercialization company, has acquired Bilosomes, a new oral vaccine delivery vesicle that protects antigens from the digestive process and can also act as an immunological...

Nycomed Amersham Extends Human Antibody Agreement With Affitech AS.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nycomed Amersham Imaging, which specializes in medical diagnostic imaging and radiotherapy products, and Affitech, Oslo, Norway have entered into a research agreement for the discovery of fully...

Second Quarter Losses Due To Stepped-up Spending on Ovarian Cancer Drug.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AltaRex Corp. (AXO), a developer of antigen-targeted antibody-based cancer therapeutics, reported a net loss of $7.5 million or $0.28 per share for the three months ended June 30, 2001 compared with...

Medarex And Genesto Collaborate To Develop Therapeutic Antibodies.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medarex Inc. expects to use its UltiMAb Human Antibody Development System to generate antibodies to infectious disease targets provided by Genesto A/S, in a collaboration to develop fully human...

Avant Responds To FDA's Clinical Hold Letter.(AVANT Immunotherapeutics Inc.)(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AVANT Immunotherapeutics Inc. (AVAN) has responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) written notification related to the clinical hold of AVANT's TP10 clinical trials in infants...

Co-X-Gene Technology Will Target Advanced, Hormone-Refractory Disease.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virax Holdings Ltd. (VHL) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Dr. Michael Brown of Royal Adelaide Hospital's Cancer Centre to develop leads for an immune-based therapy to treat prostate...

InterMune Carries Forward Work On MAb Compound.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InterMune Inc. has agreed to develop a humanized monoclonal antibody targeted against the PcrV protein of the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The monoclonal form of the antibody was developed by a...

FDA Places Clinical Hold On Vaccine Trials.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AVAX Technologies Inc. (AVXT), has submitted its response to the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) clinical holds of the company's M-Vax and O-Vax autologous cancer vaccine clinical trials....

Pharmacopeia And Eos Biotechnology To Merge.(Brief Article)
October 3, 2001... 2001 OCT 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Privately held Eos Biotechnology Inc. will merge with Pharmacopeia Inc. (PCOP) in a tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction valued at approximately $197 million, including the value of shares to be...

Oligodeoxynucleotides Can Provoke Antileukemia Immune Response.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Certain pieces of DNA can be used to induce strong antileukemia immune responses in mice, researchers in the United States report. "Immunostimulatory...

SLAP Protein Signal Found To Connect Conponents Of Immune Cell Activation.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine report they have identified a unique role the SLAP-130 protein in bridging together chemical pathways in order to activate T...

Study Points Finger At Environment As Main Culprit.(asthma)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The prevalence of asthma and allergy continues to increase practically everywhere, and the main cause is the environment, according to a new worldwide survey. The survey, published in the European...

Patients With Type 1 Or 2 Diabetes Have Increase Prevalence Of GI Symptoms.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People with diabetes commonly have upper and lower gastrointestinal symptoms although these symptoms may be connected more to poor control of blood glucose levels than to duration or type of...

Modified Vaccinia Virus Ankara Repeat Dosing May Limit Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Multiple administration of some HIV vaccines may reduce their efficacy, researchers in Europe and the United States warn. "A major aim in AIDS vaccine...

Antioxidant Supplements Reduce Effects Of Ozone, Smog.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant supplements given to vitamin C-depleted subjects reduced the effects of ozone gas, according to new research. Ozone, which affects millions of Americans on a regular basis, is a...

Researchers Discover Gene Responsible For Autoimmune Disease.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have made the first identification and description of a gene that increases the risk of systemic lupus erythematosus (lupus). ...

Steroid-Free Therapy After Liver Transplant Lowers Complication Rates.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Compared with steroid therapy, the use of rabbit antithymocyte globulin (RATG) induction after human liver transplantation lowers the risk for developing...

Epimmune Provides HIV Vaccine Program Update.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epimmune Inc., presenting at the AIDS Vaccine 2001 Conference held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 7, 2001, provided additional information on its HIV vaccine program including its initial...

Immune Regulating Hormone Impacts Inflammation and Immune Suppression.
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented additional clinical results from its South African studies of investigational drug candidate HE2000, an immune regulating hormone (IRH). Highlights...

New Technology May Advance AIDS Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc. announced that an enhanced version of its PhenoSense HIV drug resistance assay can measure the potential effectiveness of AIDS vaccines in development faster, more efficiently and...

Promising Preclinical Results With Immunotherapeutic Agent.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation presented a poster at the AIDS Vaccine 2001 Congress held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania entitled "C Clade HGP-30 (p17 aa 86-115) Based Peptide Conjugates as Potential...

Novel Vaccine Has Potent Anticancer Activity.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira Inc. announced that its lead product candidate, Theratope vaccine, has been reviewed in the September 2001 issue of Ashley Publications' Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, a United...

AlleCure Corp. Collaborates With BD Biosciences On Vaccine Evaluation.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AlleCure Corp. has agreed to collaborate with BD Biosciences (BDB), a division of Becton, Dickinson and Co., to develop novel assays in support of AlleCure's AlleVax treatments for allergies and...

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Names Director of Tumor and Vaccine Immunology.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc. (HEPH) has appointed Richard J. Trauger, PhD, to the position of Director, Tumor and Vaccine Immunology. Dr. Trauger brings to Hollis-Eden extensive experience in...

Study Shows Link Between Asthma And Childhood Exposure To Smoking.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is associated with an increased prevalence of asthma among adult nonsmokers. According to a Swedish study published in the September...

Age-Related Disorders Linked To Stem Cell Dysfunction.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Some of the neural degeneration that accompanies aging may be slowed by replenishing the supply of hematopoietic progenitor cells, researchers in Japan...

Proinflammatory Cell Messangers Play Important Role.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Canadian scientists reported that tiny atmospheric particles and other forms of acute atmospheric pollution stimulate large scavenger cells in the tiny air sacs of the lung (alveolar macophages) to...

Blinding Cells To Chemokines Might Prevent Autoimmune Diseases.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS and other autoimmune diseases could be tackled with a range of new drugs that stop cells from recognizing certain chemical messages in blood, according to Dr. Gerry Graham from the Glasgow,...

Upper Airway Disorders Linked To Inflammatory Bowel Disease.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical researchers have determined a rare association between inflammatory bowel disease and obstructing upper airway inflammation. They have observed how symptoms of obstructing laryngotracheitis...

New Generation Antidepressants Increase Risk Of Gastrointestinal Bleeding.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some new generation antidepressants increase the risk of gastrointestional bleeding, researchers say. Canadian researchers monitored hospital admissions for gastrointestinal bleeding among...

Shigella-Based Vector Causes Specific Immune Response.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Genetic material from an E. coli-like bacteria and an HIV coat protein can be used to provoke HIV specific immune responses in mice, according to...

Recombinant Influenza Vectors Produce Antiviral Response.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Hyperattenuated flu viruses transfected with HIV genetic material may be able to help prevent HIV infection, researchers in Austria report. Boris...

Blood Pressure Pills Delay Kidney Failure In Diabetics.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A type of drug already widely used to lower blood pressure can substantially delay and perhaps prevent kidney failure in diabetics, a discovery that could eliminate tens of thousands of new...

Vaccine Generates Powerful Immune Responses In Preclinical Studies.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The PSMA Development Company LLC, a joint venture of Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Cytogen Corporation, has entered into a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement with AlphaVax Human...

Researchers Identify Protein That Inhibits B-Cell Survival.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk), a protein critical for B cell survival, must be tightly controlled to avoid cancer or immunodeficiency. In the October 2001 issue of Nature Immunology, scientists...

ZymoGenetics To Collaborate With Serono On Autoimmune Disease Treatment.(Brief Article)
October 10, 2001... 2001 OCT 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ZymoGenetics and Serono S.A. (SEO, SRA) have entered into an exclusive co-development and commercialization agreement for preclinical product candidates derived from ZymoGenetics' discovery...

Drug Therapy Leads To Long-Term Remission.
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Johns Hopkins, Hahnemann University, and University of Maryland report sustained, treatment-free remissions in studies of a novel drug therapy approach to treating a deadly blood...

Pollution-Caused Cell Messengers Linked To Disease.
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Proinflammatory cell messengers caused by atmospheric pollutants could play an important role in cardiopulmonary disease, according to a new study. Canadian scientists report that tiny atmospheric...

Inhaled Steroids Accelerate Bone Loss In Women.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Premenopausal women who use inhaled corticosteroids to treat persistent asthma may experience accelerated bone loss in the hip compared with those who do not use inhaled steroids, according to results...

Psoriasis Patients At Increased Risk Of Skin Cancer.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The risk of squamous cell carcinoma is increased in patients treated for psoriasis with cyclosporin in addition to photochemotherapy (PUVA), conclude authors of a new study. Immunosuppressive...

Scientists Make Case For Haplotype Map Of Human Genome; Identify Crohn Gene.
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In two companion papers, researchers from the Whitehead Institute Center for Genome Research report important findings that set the stage for the next steps in the Human Genome Project - mapping and...

Differences In Infection Routes May Complicate Development.(HIV vaccine research)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV infection follows different patterns depending on the means of transmission, which need to be taken into account during vaccine studies, researchers in the...

Immune Response Includes Matrix Metalloproteinase Production.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Part of the body's response to infection with mycobacteria such as M. tuberculosis is the release of matrix metalloproteinases, which may explain tissue damage...

Three New Patents Covering HIV Immunotherapeutic Agents Issued.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced September 19, 2001, the issuance of three new U.S. patents, further expanding the patent protection related to its HIV-1 based therapeutic and preventive vaccines. ...

IDM Announces Nomination Of Henri Lipmanowicz To Board Of Directors.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immuno-Designed Molecules, SA (IDM), a European biopharmaceutical company in the field of immunotherapy, has announced the nomination of Henri Lipmanowicz to its board of directors. Mr....

Combination Inhaler Therapy Better Controls Severe Disease.
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two experts say a long-acting inhaled (beta)2-agonist can be combined with an inhaled glucocorticosteroid to better control moderate to severe asthma. Since asthma is an inflammatory disorder of...

Psychosocial Factors Contribute To Development In Genetically At-Risk Children.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new prospective study finds that early parenting difficulties are associated with the development of asthma in genetically at-risk children between the ages of 6 and 8. "The fact that parenting...

Virtual Lung Models Breathing, Adds Insights Into Lung Functioning.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A virtual lung model developed at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory may help predict the impact of pollutants on respiratory systems and provide new insights into asthma,...

Novel System Used As Aid In Disease Diagnosis And Management.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new device can aid in the diagnosis and management of autoimmune diseases. The PolyTiter Immunofluorescent Titration System (PolyTiter System) is based on the principle that the intensity of the...

Heartburn Medication Dispensed Repeatedly With Contraindicated Medications.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A medication formerly prescribed for nighttime heartburn, cisapride, and medications that were contraindicated for use with cisapride were frequently codispensed by the same pharmacies, according to a...

Lung Reduction Surgery Is Risky For Certain Patients.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Emphysema Treatment Trial (NETT), in which Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center of New York - Presbyterian Hospital is a major participant, has found that certain advanced emphysema...

AlleCure Establishes California Headquarters.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AlleCure Corp., a biopharmaceutical company developing and discovering vaccines and therapies for allergies and autoimmune diseases, has established corporate headquarters in the Valencia Commerce Park...

Pilot Therapeutics Completes Combination With Publicly Traded Company.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Pilot Therapeutics, a leading developer of therapeutics to treat chronic diseases, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Interallied Group Inc. (ILRG), a New York-based publicly traded company. ...

B Lymphocyte Stimulator Used To Treat Immune Disorder.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an investigational new drug (IND) application by Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (HGSI) to begin clinical trials of BLyS (B Lymphocyte Stimulator)...

Two Drugs Now Use Separately Might Prove Good In Combination.(multiple sclerosis)(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two drugs that help multiple sclerosis patients might be even more powerful in combination, according to a report presented at the American Neurological Association's 126th annual meeting in Chicago....

Body May Rust Inside If Vitamin C Over Maximum Dose.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If you have a bruise, a muscle sprain, an inflammatory disease or if you take iron supplements, exceeding 100 mg per day of vitamin C may be damaging to your body, according to a study by University of...

FDA Assigns 'Priority Review' Status To Etanercept sBLA.
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted "priority review" status for Immunex Corp.'s supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) to use etanercept in the treatment of psoriatic...

Applied Molecular Evolution To Optimize Anti-IL-9 Antibody For MedImmune.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Molecular Evolution Inc. has initiated the optimization of an antibody against interleukin-9 (IL-9) for MedImmune Inc. as a part of the two companies' previously announced alliance to optimize...

Inhibition Of p38 MAP Kinase Results In Anti-Inflammatory Effect.(Brief Article)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., announced September 24, 2001, that it has made a commercial decision to re-allocate its development resources in its small molecule p38 MAP kinase inhibitor program...

Children Of Chinese Men Who Smoke Show Lung Deficits.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
October 17, 2001... 2001 OCT 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of 1718 Chinese children, ages 8 to 15, from a rural community, whose mothers had never smoked, showed that youngsters whose fathers smoked had small but detectable deficits in two basic lung...

Interferon-(gamma) Restrains Immune Response.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States and Europe say that interferon (IFN)-(gamma) plays an important but unexpected role in controlling tuberculosis infection. ...

Coimmunization Leads To Immune Response In Woodchuck Hepatitis Model.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Coimmunization with plasmids encoded for interleukin (IL)-12 appears to boost Th1 cytokine response and protective immunity in animals vaccinated with the...

Behavior Linked To Brain Areas With Tuberous Sclerosis.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than one area of the brain is responsible for autistic behavior in children with tuberous sclerosis and brain lesions, according to an article published in Neurology, the scientific journal of the...

'Master' Stress Hormone Prevents Mother From Rejecting Embryo.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The "master" hormone that commands the body's response to stress is also directly involved in the process that prevents a mother's immune system from destroying an embryo that has implanted in her...

Canarypox-Based Vaccines Trigger (gamma) (delta) T-Cell Activity.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV and other vaccines using canarypox vectors provoke enhanced (gamma) (delta) T-cell responses compared with other vaccines, researchers in Missouri report....

Researchers Discover Possible Trigger For T-Cell Attack.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- How do killer T cells know when to attack virus-infected and cancerous cells and when to retreat? The answer possibly has been provided by Rockefeller University research to be published in the...

Viral Control After Early Antiretroviral Treatment May Guide Vaccine Research.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antiretroviral treatment given during acute simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection enables natural viral control after therapy cessation, researchers in...

Barr Awarded $35 Million Department Of Defense Contract.
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Barr Laboratories, Inc. announced September 28, 2001, that it has been awarded a $35.4 million, six-year contract from the United States Department of Defense for development of adenovirus vaccines...

New Yorkers With Lung Disease Use Caution In Lower Manhattan.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As New Yorkers return to lower Manhattan to their jobs or homes, allergists are urging those with asthma or other chronic lung diseases to wear good quality masks and consult with their physicians...

Patient Trials Of CAT-213 Start In United Kingdom.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT) announced that it has received a CTX (Clinical Trial Exemption) from the United Kingdom Medicines Control Agency allowing it to commence Phase I/IIa clinical trials...

BioTransplant Gets CE Mark for Second HDM Cell Separation Product.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioTransplant Inc. (BTRN) has received European Community authorization to affix the CE Mark to its second HDM (high density microparticle) product, signifying regulatory approval to market the device...

Immunomedics Names Chief Financial officer.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics Inc. (IMMU) has appointed Gerard G. Gorman to the position of vice president and chief financial officer, reporting to Cynthia L. Sullivan, president and chief executive officer. "I'm...

Children With Asthma Participate In Olympic-Style Games.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HealthAmerica and HealthAssurance are partnering with the American Lung Association of Pennsylvania, Central Region, by sponsoring the Asthma Olympics. The Asthma Olympics provide supervised...

New National Program Aims To Reduce Hospital Visits By Children.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, one out of every three children with asthma visits an emergency department because of an uncontrolled asthma attack. To reduce that number, and to improve the way patients, parents, and...

AlleCure Announces Alliance With BD Biosciences.(Brief Article)
October 24, 2001... 2001 OCT 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AlleCure Corp. will collaborate with BD Biosciences (BDB), a division of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Co.), to develop novel assays in support of AlleCure's AlleVax treatments for allergies and various...