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2001 PEDIATRIC VACCINE UPDATE

The reduction of infectious diseases resulting from the use of vaccines

has been one of the past century's greatest public health successes.

Pediatric Pharmacotherapy 7(3), 2001

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GLAXOSMITHKLINE'S COMBINED HEPATITIS VACCINE WINS FDA APPROVAL

GlaxoKline announced Monday that the US Food and Drug

Administration has approved its Twinrix vaccine, which the company says

is the 'world's only combination vaccine for the prevention of hepatitis

A and B' in adults.

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RABIES-BASED HIV VACCINE ELICITS CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTE RESPONSE IN MICE

A rabies virus (RV)-based vector expressing the HIV envelope protein

gp160 elicits strong antibody and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses

after a single inoculation in mice, according to a report in the May

issue of the Journal of Virology.

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OKA VARICELLA HIV VACCINE INDUCES HUMORAL AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY

An Oka varicella vaccine engineered to express the HIV env antigen

induces humoral and cell-mediated immunity in guinea pigs, according to

a report published in the June issue of the Journal of Medical Virology.

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FDA PANEL BACKS CAUTIOUS USE OF 'DESIGNER' CELL SUBSTRATES FOR NOVEL

VACCINES

The new generation of 'designer' cell substrates, which have been shown

to cause tumors in animal models, may be used to produce novel vaccines

as long as manufacturers can show that the product carries a low risk of

causing tumor growth or infection in patients, an advisory panel to the

US Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday.

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time; what we really want is for things to remain the same

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