Experimental Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise
Metastatic prostate cancer patients who received an investigational vaccine made from their own frozen immune cells lived 10 months longer than those not treated with it, according to data presented by researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson.
Meningitis B Vaccine Shows Promise
Researchers have concluded a Phase II study of an investigational vaccine against group B Neisseria meningitidis, which shows promising results.
Third Dose of MMR Vaccine May Help to Control Mumps Outbreak
Researchers tested a third dose of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine on students in an affected community in an effort to control the outbreak.
Pertussis Vaccine Loses Power Over Time
A new study suggests that protection from the childhood series of the diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine fades within five years of the final dose.
CDC Preparing Vaccine for New Swine Flu
Despite only 29 human cases of the new strain of swine flu in the past two years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is preparing an H3N2 candidate vaccine, and clinical trials are being planned for this year.
Swine Flu Vaccine May Protect Against Other Flu Viruses
Researchers at the University ofBritish Columbia (UBC) have found that the swine flu vaccine triggers antibodies that protect against many flu viruses, including the lethal bird flu strain.
Scientists Closer to a Universal Flu Vaccine
Recent studies of the flu virus are bringing hope that seasonal flu vaccines will be replaced with long-lasting universal vaccines.
Vaccine to Prevent Premature Birth May Be Possible
New research suggests it might someday be possible to create a vaccine that could protect a growing fetus from premature birth and related complications.
Malaria Vaccine Close to Reality
Preliminary results from a Phase III clinical trial in Africa showed that a malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S, cut the number of malaria cases by 50 percent in a 12-month period following vaccination.
Vaccine May Halt Autoimmune Disease
A synthetic vaccine based on nanotechnology may halt autoimmune diseases such as Crohn’s and rheumatoid arthritis.