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Safer vaccine possible using spinach.
2003 APR 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have developed a strategy for making a safer anthrax vaccine, enlisting the help of spinach plants to manufacture a key component. They reported their findings at the American Society for Microbiology's Biodefense Research Meeting.
"Protective antigen (PA) of Bacillus anthracis is one of the three components of the anthrax toxin," said Alexander Karasev, a lead researcher on the study. "Purified PA is currently used as a vaccine against anthrax. However, the licensed vaccine derived from apathogenic B. anthracis has side effects, and a ...
- Safer vaccine possible using spinach.(anthrax)
- News wire article from: Bioterrorism Week March 31, 2003 700+ words
...Meeting. "Protective antigen (PA) of Bacillus anthracis is one...researcher on the study. "Purified PA is currently used as a vaccine...and a more efficacious and safer vaccine is needed." Karasev and his...to manufacture fragments of PA. The fragments can then easily...
- New, Safer Vaccine Effective Against Whooping Cough
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times November 27, 1994 700+ words
A new, safer vaccine for whooping cough has been tested in Sweden and could soon be available in the United States, say federal health officials...
- UAB aids search for safer vaccine.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly January 22, 2003 700+ words
...medications to treat smallpox, an approach that may prove safer. He estimated that researchers could develop a newer, safer vaccine within a few years. This article was prepared by Vaccine Weekly editors from staff and other reports.
- UAB aids search for safer vaccine.(University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- News wire article from: Bioterrorism Week January 20, 2003 700+ words
...medications to treat smallpox, an approach that may prove safer. He estimated that researchers could develop a newer, safer vaccine within a few years. This article was prepared by Bioterrorism Week editors from staff and other reports.
- FDA GIVES APPROVAL TO SAFER VACCINE FOR WHOOPING COUGH.(News)(Statistical Data...
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) August 1, 1996 700+ words
...Connaught buys from Japan to put into Tripedia - since 1981 and infants since 1993. ``The bottom line is that it is a safer vaccine from everything we've seen,'' said FDA Commissioner David Kessler. ``There was a stigma'' about existing shots...
- Pertussis vaccine not linked to crib death ... and the search for a safer...
- Newspaper article from: HealthFacts October 1, 1988 700+ words
PERTUSSIS VACCINE NOT LINKED TO CRIB DEATH...AND THE SEARCH FOR A SAFER VACCINE No increase in the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) was found in a new study of children vaccinated against diphtheria...
- Safer vaccine manufacturing possible in cold conditions.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly April 30, 2003 700+ words
2003 APR 30 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using cold temperatures could help make quicker, cheaper, and safer influenza vaccines, according to Dr. Alison Whiteley at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Meeting in Edinburgh. Influenza epidemics sweep the world every year killing the
- Safer Vaccine Nearly Eliminates Side Effects.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data...
- Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly December 13, 1999 700+ words
1999 DEC 13 - (NewsRx.com) -- A large-scale study confirms that a new pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine is much less likely to cause side effects than the older vaccines, according to information presented at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), held