Influenza vaccine uses insect cells to speed development
...p in the development of an experimental cell-based influenza vaccine. They report their findings today at the 2...d chicken eggs. The eggshell is punctured, and the influenza virus is injected into the fluid surrounding the embryo. The egg is then resealed, the embryo become...NIAID Initiates Trial of Experimental Avian Flu Vaccine
... been relatively few cases worldwide of H5N1 avian influenza infection in humans, the public health community i...ons, such as the elderly and children. H5N1 avian influenza leads to severe disease in both birds and humans. Between January 2004 and March 11, 2005, there wer...Studies reveal methods viruses use to sidestep immune system
...e employed by other RNA viruses such as West Nile, influenza and the common cold. "This work has broad implications that go beyond just the hepatitis C virus, and that's what we're most excited about," said Dr. Gale. "It's a battle between viruses and humans. Viruses have co-evolved with their hosts, so every...A comprehensive response to HIV could prevent 10 million AIDS deaths in Africa by 2020
...ontrol?arm received a VRP vaccine thatcontained an influenza protein, and the other two groups received oneof two different doses of the VRP-neu vaccine. Researchers thenimplanted a HER2/neu-positive tumor into mammary tissue in the mice.All of the control mice developed breast cancer but only one mouse ineach...Gene Vaccine Protects Mice Against Development Of Her2/neu Breast Cancer
...ontrol?arm received a VRP vaccine thatcontained an influenza protein, and the other two groups received oneof two different doses of the VRP-neu vaccine. Researchers thenimplanted a HER2/neu-positive tumor into mammary tissue in the mice.All of the control mice developed breast cancer but only one mouse ineach...Computers to be used to find blueprint for new influenza drug
...uce a blueprint of a designer drug that could stop influenza and some other diseases from replicating in humans...rant comes at a time when fears are rising that an influenza outbreak developing from Asian chickens could kill thousands of people. Professor Ian Williams, of ...