Authors: Barbara Mora, Felipe M. Benavente, Carmen G. Ili, and Pricilla Brebi Abstract: Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer in women worldwide. Although 99.7% of cases are attributed to a previous infection by Human papillomavirus, a small percentage of the infected women progress to cervical cancer, suggesting the existence of different risk factors […]
Vaccine adjuvants: Current state and future trends
Future Trends Authors: Nikolai Petrovsky1 and Julio César Aguilar2 Abstract The problem with pure recombinant or synthetic antigens used in modern day vaccines is that they are generally far less immunogenic than older style live or killed whole organism vaccines. This has created a major need for improved and more powerful adjuvants for use in these vaccines. With […]
Anti HPV antibodies Levels among vaccinated and non-vaccinated Ugandan Girls
The levels of anti-HPV16/18 and anti-HPV31/33/35/45/52/58 antibodies among AS04-adjuvanted HPV16/18 vaccinated and non-vaccinated Ugandan girls aged 10–16 years Miriam Nakalembe1*, Cecily Banura2, Proscovia B Namujju34 and Florence M Mirembe1 Abstract Background Data on Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine immune response in sub-Saharan Africa is still sparse yet such knowledge is critical for optimal implementation and monitoring […]
Merrill W. Chase, Scientist Who Advanced Immunology, Dies at 98
By Anahad O’Conner, The New York Times Originally published 22 January 2004: Dr. Merrill W. Chase, an immunologist whose research on white blood cells helped undermine the longstanding belief that antibodies alone protected the body from disease and micro-organisms, died on Jan. 5 at his home in New York City, according to the Rockefeller University, […]
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 […]
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