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New Investment for Vaccine Research and Development
An international partnership that funds vaccines for children in poor countries will decide whether to also start investing in vaccinations to protect adult women.
The board of the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation (GAVI), which is backed by the Gates Foundation, is meeting in Geneva on a proposed $3.5 billion vaccine investment strategy specifying diseases […]
Cervical Cancer a Silent Killer
Till two years back, Sharada Devi’s world revolved around her four children and husband. It was a mundane existence, but Sharada Devi was happy. When she started bleeding in between her menstrual periods, she did not panic.
As the bleeding continued, the local doctor asked her to go to Delhi for treatment. She was clueless […]
Cuba Approves, Makes Available Lung Cancer Vaccine
Cuban scientists said on Tuesday the first vaccine to extend lives of lung cancer patients has been approved by Cuban authorities for use and is available in the island’s hospitals.
The drug, CimaVax EGF, has been shown to increase survival rates on average four to five months and much longer in some patients, they said in […]
Colon Cancer Vaccine on the Horizon
Researchers hope that a protein found in the intestines could lead to the discovery of a vaccine for colon cancer, Reuters reported Tuesday.
A study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute detailed how mice were immunized with the protein and subsequently infected with colon tumors.
These mice had fewer tumors spread to the lung […]
Merck’s Not Approve Application Cervical Cancer Vaccine to Expand Marketing
U.S. regulators have told Merck & Co they cannot yet approve Merck’s application to expand marketing of its cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil to an older group of women, the drugmaker said on Wednesday.
Merck had applied for the use of Gardasil in women ages 27 through 45. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in […]
LA BioMed Researcher Finds Clear Racial Discrepancies Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease
Black patients are more likely to die in the early stages of chronic kidney disease than whites, according to a new study by a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center (LA BioMed) researcher and his team that will be published in the July issue of the Journal of the American Society of […]
Prostate Cancer Vaccine Looks Promising in Early Trial
A therapeutic vaccine to treat prostate cancer appears safe and may be effective, according to the results of an early trial.
The vaccine could give hope to men with metastatic prostate cancer by activating their immune systems to fight the disease. The vaccine was developed to enable a patient’s immune system to produce anti-antigens and attack […]
Researchers Report That Better Screening, Treatment, And Affordable Vaccines Can Prevent Doubling Of Cervical Cancer Deaths In Latin America
Thirty-three thousand women in Latin America and the Caribbean die each year of preventable cervical cancer, caused by a virus that infects 20 percent of men and women in the region and as many as 30 percent of the youngest women, according to a new study. Dramatic new opportunities offered by better screening, treatment and […]
Glaxo says cervical cancer vaccine works for longer
GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday new data showed its Cervarix vaccine generated sustained, high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the two most common cervical cancer-causing virus types for 6.4 years.
Glaxo said on Wednesday the data, from an extended follow-up study, showed the longest duration of sustained neutralizing antibody levels reported against both virus types HPV 16 […]