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Africa United In Fight Against Polio Outbreak

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More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic... ...

read more More than 85 million children under five years old will be immunized against polio in 19 countries across West and Central Africa in a massive example of cross-border cooperation aimed at stopping a year-long polio epidemic... read more Sat Mar 2010

Researchers Take Next Step In Developing Parkinson's Disease Vaccine

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a significant step forward in developing a vaccination approach to reverse the neurological damage seen with Parkinson's disease. The findings appear in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology, a leading scientific journal in ...

read more Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have taken a significant step forward in developing a vaccination approach to reverse the neurological damage seen with Parkinson's disease. The findings appear in the March 1 issue of the Journal of Immunology, a leading scientific journal in read more Fri Mar 2010

Italian Researchers Discover A Possible Onset Mechanism For Multiple Sclerosis

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
A non-pathogenic bacterium is capable of triggering an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis in the mouse, the model animal which helps to explain how human diseases work... ...

read more A non-pathogenic bacterium is capable of triggering an autoimmune disease similar to multiple sclerosis in the mouse, the model animal which helps to explain how human diseases work... read more Fri Mar 2010

European Data Suggest Switching Patients To IgPro20 May Significantly Reduce Drug Administration Volume

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Data from a European multicenter (non-IND study) showing that patients with PI who switched to IgPro20 from previously available SCIg formulations achieved comparable IgG trough levels without dosage adjustment, resulting in significantly less administration volume. The data were presented at the Am ...

read more Data from a European multicenter (non-IND study) showing that patients with PI who switched to IgPro20 from previously available SCIg formulations achieved comparable IgG trough levels without dosage adjustment, resulting in significantly less administration volume. The data were presented at the Am read more Fri Mar 2010

Merck Announces Robust Integrated Pipeline With More Than 20 Medicines And Vaccines In Late-Stage Development

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced its updated, newly integrated, late-stage pipeline following its recent merger with Schering-Plough. The new pipeline features a broad and diversified portfolio of investigational medicines and vaccines, including more than 20 candidates in Phase III or under ...

read more Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced its updated, newly integrated, late-stage pipeline following its recent merger with Schering-Plough. The new pipeline features a broad and diversified portfolio of investigational medicines and vaccines, including more than 20 candidates in Phase III or under read more Fri Mar 2010

Researchers From HZI Vaccine Department Examine New Adjuvant To Improve Vaccinations

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
The adjuvants present in vaccines have a bad reputation. For most people, they are only unnecessary compounds within a medicinal product. This is a misunderstanding since adjuvants have a critical impact on the success of a vaccination. In the best case scenario, one single vaccination shot would be ...

read more The adjuvants present in vaccines have a bad reputation. For most people, they are only unnecessary compounds within a medicinal product. This is a misunderstanding since adjuvants have a critical impact on the success of a vaccination. In the best case scenario, one single vaccination shot would be read more Fri Mar 2010

Study Shows Soluble Fiber Boosts Immune System

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A new University of Illinois study touts the benefits of soluble fiber - found in oats, apples, and nuts, for starters - saying that it reduces the inflammation associated with obesity-related diseases and strengthens the immune system... ...

read more A new University of Illinois study touts the benefits of soluble fiber - found in oats, apples, and nuts, for starters - saying that it reduces the inflammation associated with obesity-related diseases and strengthens the immune system... read more Fri Mar 2010

Inovio Develops Cordless Electroporation Device For Delivering DNA Vaccines

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA... ...

read more Inovio Biomedical Corporation (NYSE Amex: INO), a leader in DNA vaccine design, development and delivery, has unveiled its new CELLECTRA®-SP series of hand-held, cordless electroporation devices at the DNA Vaccines 2010 conference being held in New Orleans, LA... read more Fri Mar 2010

FDA Issues Final Guidance To Boost Development Of Cell-Based Viral Vaccines

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance to help manufacturers who are developing safe and effective cell-based viral vaccines to address emerging and pandemic threats... ...

read more The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued final guidance to help manufacturers who are developing safe and effective cell-based viral vaccines to address emerging and pandemic threats... read more Fri Mar 2010

Most Parents Vaccinate Their Children, But Some Worry About Side Effects

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Parents who are worried about the safety of vaccines are less willing to immunize their children. To analyze these concerns, the study, "Parental Vaccine Safety Concerns in 2009," published in the April issue of Pediatrics (appearing online March 1), conducted a national survey of 1,552 parents abou ...

read more Parents who are worried about the safety of vaccines are less willing to immunize their children. To analyze these concerns, the study, read more Fri Mar 2010

Queen's Spearheads One Million Pound International Research Effort Into Liver Fluke

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Queen's University Belfast is spearheading a Â£1 million international research effort to combat liver fluke a parasite which causes disease in livestock, resulting in billions of pounds in losses every year to farmers around the world... ...

read more Queen's University Belfast is spearheading a Â£1 million international research effort to combat liver fluke a parasite which causes disease in livestock, resulting in billions of pounds in losses every year to farmers around the world... read more Fri Mar 2010

Findings Show That Ancient 'Enemies Within' Can Mimic Sepsis

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Inflammation is at the root of most serious complications occurring after both infection and injury. But while the molecular course of events that leads from microbial infections to the inflammatory condition called sepsis is fairly well understood, it is far less clear how and why physical injury c ...

read more Inflammation is at the root of most serious complications occurring after both infection and injury. But while the molecular course of events that leads from microbial infections to the inflammatory condition called sepsis is fairly well understood, it is far less clear how and why physical injury c read more Fri Mar 2010

Early Stage Trial Finds Malaria Vaccine Effectively Protected Young Children, Study Says

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
An experimental vaccine was found to effectively protect young children from malaria in Mali, Reuters reports. According to the news service, "The vaccine, which uses an immune system booster called an adjuvant from British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline, targets the malaria parasite as it is actively in ...

read more An experimental vaccine was found to effectively protect young children from malaria in Mali, Reuters reports. According to the news service, read more Wed Feb 2010

Poll Finds That Nearly Half Of Americans Believe H1N1 Outbreak Is Over

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
The latest poll from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that almost half of Americans believe the H1N1 flu outbreak is over (44%), and levels of concern about getting sick with the virus continue to decline. Few (18%) think it is "very likely" there will be another wides ...

read more The latest poll from researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) shows that almost half of Americans believe the H1N1 flu outbreak is over (44%), and levels of concern about getting sick with the virus continue to decline. Few (18%) think it is read more Wed Feb 2010

QIAGEN Unit And Pfizer Enter Into An Agreement To Develop A Companion Diagnostic For Brain Tumor Patients

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and DxS (a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V.) (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 (CDX-110), an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment ...

read more Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and DxS (a wholly owned subsidiary of QIAGEN N.V.) (NASDAQ: QGEN; Frankfurt, Prime Standard: QIA) announced that they have entered into an agreement to develop a companion diagnostic test kit for PF-04948568 (CDX-110), an immunotherapy vaccine in development for the treatment read more Wed Feb 2010

Talecris Biotherapeutics Receives Orphan Drug Designation For Aerosolized Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor To Treat Alpha1-Antitrypsin Deficiency

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLCR) announced that it was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of an aerosol formulation of Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human, A1PI) to treat congenital alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency... ...

read more Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: TLCR) announced that it was granted orphan drug designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the development of an aerosol formulation of Alpha1-Proteinase Inhibitor (Human, A1PI) to treat congenital alpha1-antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency... read more Wed Feb 2010

Antibodies From Plants May Help Fight Disease

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The first head-to-head comparison of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies produced from plants versus the same antibodies produced from mammalian cells has shown that plant-produced antibodies can fight infection equally well. Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St... ...

read more The first head-to-head comparison of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies produced from plants versus the same antibodies produced from mammalian cells has shown that plant-produced antibodies can fight infection equally well. Scientists from Washington University School of Medicine in St... read more Wed Feb 2010

Parent Concerns Hinder National H1N1 Immunization Efforts

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Ask any health professional who cares for children and they will tell you: When H1N1 flu hits, it can be very severe. In the last four months of 2009, nearly 240 children died in the United States from H1N1 flu more than three times as many child deaths as in a typical non-H1N1 flu season... ...

read more Ask any health professional who cares for children and they will tell you: When H1N1 flu hits, it can be very severe. In the last four months of 2009, nearly 240 children died in the United States from H1N1 flu more than three times as many child deaths as in a typical non-H1N1 flu season... read more Wed Feb 2010

Maternal Obesity Puts A Load On Her Offspring That Lasts A Lifetime

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
Duke researchers report in the FASEB Journal that maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of diseases related to inflammation gone awry: heart disease, stroke and more As if there are not enough reasons for obese people to lose weight, a new research report published online in The FASEB Jou ...

read more Duke researchers report in the FASEB Journal that maternal obesity dramatically increases the risk of diseases related to inflammation gone awry: heart disease, stroke and more As if there are not enough reasons for obese people to lose weight, a new research report published online in The FASEB Jou read more Wed Feb 2010

Predicting Effectiveness Of Flu Vaccination Campaigns

Categorie : Immune System / Vaccines
A new study (doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.01.002), published by Elsevier this month in Vaccine describes a new method that assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination options. The model was applied to the 2009 Influenza H1N1 outbreak and predicted accurately in real-time when ...

read more A new study (doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2010.01.002), published by Elsevier this month in Vaccine describes a new method that assesses the impact and cost-effectiveness of a range of vaccination options. The model was applied to the 2009 Influenza H1N1 outbreak and predicted accurately in real-time when read more Wed Feb 2010

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