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Girls Born With HIV Infection At Higher Risk For Cervical Problems
2007-06-20 03:06:00 A generation of children born with HIV are now coming of age and reaching sexual maturity. Girls in this group who are sexually active are experiencing a higher number than expected of cervical abnormalities, a new study finds. More: continued here More About: Infection , Vaccines , Problems , Risk
Vaccine Hope For Malaria
2007-06-20 03:06:00 One person dies of it every 30 seconds, it rivals HIV and tuberculosis as the world’s most deadly infection and the vast majority of its victims are under five years old. Now, just over 100 years since Britain’s Sir Ronald Ross was awarded the Nobel Prize for finally proving that malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes, ... More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Hope , Mala
Innovative Smallpox Vaccine Research Study To Be Conducted At Case Medical
2007-06-20 03:06:00 University Hospitals Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are part of a nationwide research study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a new smallpox vaccine. More: continued here More About: Research , Study , Vaccine , Vaccines
Pregnant Mom?s Exposure To Flu Vaccine Kick-starts Fetal Immune System
2007-06-20 02:06:00 Researchers have hypothesized that the fetus can mount an immune response against allergens to which the mother has been exposed, possibly resulting in allergic sensitivity later in life. Columbia University researchers examined the cord blood of newborn infants of mothers that had received the influenza vaccine during pregnancy. They found that B and T cell ... More About: System , Vaccine , Pregnant , Vaccines , Immune System
Why Predicting The Next Influenza Pandemic Is So Difficult ? And How Scient
2007-06-20 02:06:00 In planning for a future influenza pandemic, most experts agree that two things are known for certain — there will be another pandemic someday, and nobody can predict when. In a recent article, scientists at NIH discuss why predicting the next pandemic is so difficult and outline steps that can be taken to better understand ... More About: Influenza , Vaccines , Pandemic , Demi , Predict
HPV Vaccine Highly Effective, According To Large-scale Studies
2007-06-20 01:06:00 A new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer strains 16 and 18. Researchers combined and analyzed the data from four randomized trials that involved 20,583 women ages 15 to 26 from more than two dozen ... More About: Studies , Vaccine , Vaccines , Effective , Scale
Immunization Against Type 1 Diabetes: Mice Successfully Treated
2007-06-20 01:06:00 Researchers have successfully treated type 1 diabetic mice with a vaccination. The vaccine they designed in this model included structures that the immune system mistakenly attacks in type 1 diabetes. The researchers showed that, in principle, it is possible to treat autoimmune diseases (diseases, in which the immune system attacks the own body) by inducing ... More About: Vaccines , Mice , Diabetes , Type , Immunization
Meningitis: Effectiveness Of Preventive Vaccination Demonstrated
2007-06-20 01:06:00 In Senegal, the context of the the Niakhar region enabled scientists from the institute to compare the impact of two vaccination campaigns, conducted respectively in 1996 and 1999, on the number of meningitis cases that arose in young people under 20 years of age during three epidemics. They revealed that preventive vaccination could help avoid ... More About: Vaccines , Cina , Effective , Vent , Rate
New HPV Vaccine Against Virus Responsible For Cervical Cancer Continues To
2007-06-20 01:06:00 A new vaccine aimed at preventing cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. Researchers at more than a dozen international medical centers evaluated the efficacy of quadrivalent vaccine targeting HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 in more than 12,000 ... More About: Virus , Cervical Cancer , Cancer , Vaccine , Vaccines
Study Picks Apart Lung Infection Vaccine
2007-06-19 03:06:00 WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaccine to prevent a dangerous infection that often strikes cystic fibrosis patients is feasible, but needs more development, German researchers report…. More: continued here More About: Study , Vaccine , Infection , Vaccines
Women With Diabetes Left Behind In Drop In Death Rates
2007-06-19 03:06:00 A new analysis of data from three large national databases finds that in the 29 years between 1971 and 2000, the death rate of men with diabetes has dropped significantly, in line with the overall decline of the death rate for all Americans. But the death rate for women with diabetes did not decline at ... More About: Women , Vaccines , Death , Left , Diabetes
Fever After Smallpox Vaccination Tied To Individual Genetic Variations
2007-06-18 19:06:00 Researchers have identified common DNA variations that underlie susceptibility to fever after smallpox vaccination. Their finding is the first to link individual differences written into the genetic code with a vaccine-related complication — albeit a mild one. More: continued here More About: Vaccines , Individual , Gene , Fever , Cina
Autism Debate Strains a Family and Its Charity
2007-06-18 11:06:00 Fissures that have long roiled the autism community have made their way into the Wright family, founders of mega-charity Autism Speaks…. More: continued here More About: Family , Charity , Debate , Vaccines
Debate Over Cause of Autism Strains a Family and Its Charity
2007-06-18 07:06:00 Fissures that have long roiled the autism community have made their way into the Wright family, founders of mega-charity Autism Speaks…. More: continued here More About: Family , Charity , Debate , Vaccines
Infectious Diseases Experts Issue Blueprint To Avert Thousands Of Preventab
2007-06-15 22:06:00 New vaccines are available to make significant gains against cervical cancer deaths and debilitating pain from shingles, but infectious diseases experts warn that their full potential will not be realized without changes in the way vaccines for adults and adolescents are promoted, financed and delivered in the United States. More: continued here More About: Diseases , Vaccines , Experts , Blueprint , Thousand
Mucosal-surface Immune Function Discoveries Could Boost Vaccine Research
2007-06-14 21:06:00 In a finding that could have important implications for HIV vaccine research, new research illuminates the ways in which the body prevents its mucosal surfaces from being overwhelmed by bacteria. More: continued here More About: Research , Vaccine , Vaccines , Surface , Disco
Genetic Factors Are Linked To Fever Following Smallpox Vaccination
2007-06-13 21:06:00 New evidence supports the link between genetic factors and certain adverse events related to smallpox vaccination. The study may have implications for predicting adverse events from other live vaccines. More: continued here More About: Vaccines , Gene , Fever , Cina , Factor
Glaxo to Donate Flu Vaccine for Poor
2007-06-13 20:06:00 LONDON (AP) — Pharmaceutical company Glaxo SmithKline PLC has agreed to donate 50 million doses of H5N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization in an attempt to create a pandemic vaccine stockpile for poor countries, company officials announced Wednesday…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Donate , Vaccines , Poor
Novartis Gets EU OK for New Flu Vaccine
2007-06-13 19:06:00 BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Nova rtis AG has received European Union approval for flu vaccine Optaflu, the Swiss drugmaker said Wednesday…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Novartis , Artis
Progress Toward An Antitumor Vaccine
2007-06-13 17:06:00 A team has found a way to bind a molecule that is typical for tumors to a carrier protein without irritating the immune system. Their method is based on an immunocompatible connection by way of a sulfur atom, namely, a thioether. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Progress , Anti , Ward
Opening Statements in Case on Autism and Vaccinations
2007-06-12 06:06:00 Lawyers have begun arguments in a test case that may help decide whether the government should pay millions of dollars to parents of autistic children…. More: continued here More About: Autism , Vaccines , Opening , Case , Cina
Rice Engineered to Carry Cholera Vaccine
2007-06-12 03:06:00 WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of Japanese researchers has developed a type of rice that can carry a vaccine for cholera, a step that could one day ease delivery of vaccines in developing countries…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Rice , Vaccines , Hole , Engineer
US Purchases New Smallpox Vaccine
2007-06-05 04:06:00 WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will purchase 20 million doses of a smallpox vaccine that, in the event of an outbreak, would be used to treat people with compromised immune systems…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Chase , Purchase , Hase
Vaccine Claims to Get Their Day in Court
2007-06-05 02:06:00 WASHINGTON (AP) — Science has spoken when it comes to the theory that some childhood vaccines can cause autism. They don't, the Institute of Medicine concluded three years ago…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Claims , Court
Chemotherapy May Enhance The Effectiveness Of Brain Tumor Vaccines
2007-06-04 20:06:00 Chemotherapy temporarily hinders the body’s immune response, creating a concern that it may interfere with the promising new cancer vaccines being used against brain tumors. But a new study has found that the opposite is true: chemotherapy may actually enhance the effectiveness of the vaccines. More: continued here More About: Chemotherapy , Vaccines , Tumor , Brain , Effective
FDA Declines to Fast - Track Glaxo Vaccine
2007-05-31 23:05:00 LONDON (AP) — Glaxo SmithKline PLC revealed Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to grant a priority review to its experimental cancer vaccine Cervarix, adding to pressure on the drug maker after controversy surrounding its diabetes drug Avandia…. More: continued here More About: Vaccine , Vaccines , Fast , Track
New Animal Model Boosts Biodefense Research On Lassa Fever
2007-05-31 20:05:00 Scientists have developed a new tool in the battle against a potential biological weapon, Lassa fever, which kills several thousand people each year and leaves thousands more with disabilities such as deafness and liver damage. Scientists now describe the development of a new animal model, the marmoset monkey, for use in Lassa fever research. The ... More About: Research , Animal , Vaccines , Model , Ense
Veterinarians At Increased Risk Of Avian Influenza Virus Infection
2007-05-31 19:05:00 Veterinarians who work with birds are at increased risk for infection with avian influenza virus and should be among those with priority access to pandemic influenza vaccines and antivirals, according to a new study. The study showed that, compared with the control group, the veterinarians who worked with birds had significantly higher levels of antibodies ... More About: Virus , Avian Influenza , Infection , Influenza , Vaccines
FDA Nixes Fast Track for Cancer Vaccine
2007-05-31 18:05:00 LONDON (AP) — GlaxoSmithKline PLC revealed Thursday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has declined to grant a priority review to its experimental cancer vaccine Cervarix, adding to pressure on the drug maker after controversy surrounding its diabetes drug Avandia…. More: continued here More About: Cancer , Vaccine , Vaccines , Fast , Track
HIV And Malaria Combine To Adversely Affect Pregnant Women And Their Infant
More articles from this author:2007-05-29 20:05:00 Researchers discover how HIV virus impairs a pregnant women’s defenses against malaria — research that could mean new vaccines for pregnant woman in malaria-ravished regions. More: continued here More About: Women , Pregnant , Vaccines , Verse , Infant 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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