By Joseph Caspermeyer A powerful new class of therapeutics, known as recombinant attenuated Salmonella vaccines (RASV), holds great potential in the fight against fatal diseases including hepatitis B, tuberculosis, cholera, typhoid fever, AIDS and pneumonia. Now, Qingke Kong and his colleagues at the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, have developed a technique to make […]
Live from BIO: Collaborations are key in vaccine industry
By Erica Teichert WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the vaccine market continues to grow–it’s forecasted to hit $40 billion globally by 2015–there is a greater need for innovation in the field. That’s according to a panel of vaccine experts who spoke yesterday at the 2011 BIO International Convention. “The easy vaccines have been created,” observed Julie […]
Nobel Prize Winner to Test Cancer-Causing Bug in Drinkable Flu Vaccine
By Simeon Bennett Barry J. Marshall, the Australian scientist who won a Nobel Prize for identifying a cancer-causing stomach bacterium, plans to start a trial next year using the bug in a drinkable flu vaccine. Marshall, the founder, scientific director and majority owner of closely held Ondek Ltd., plans to test the vaccine in at […]
Vaccines as 'Cluster Bombs'
By Rowan Contraho [Excerpts] Shiv Chopra, the Canadian microbiologist known for having helped stop the approval of rBGH, did so not by making true but complex arguments about its association to cancers, but by reducing the issue to an undeniable biological fact and thus simple legal issue. “A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves […]
Aluminum in vaccines may be linked to health risks
Straight.com Canada By Gail Johnson, June 21, 2011 Aluminum used in vaccines may be linked to serious health problems, according to a new study by two UBC researchers. But a medical-health officer with Vancouver Coastal Health says the benefits associated with vaccines outweigh the risks. “Aluminum is well demonstrated as a neurotoxin,” said Chris Shaw, […]
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