" Later, he adds, "My own research interests have moved to drug discovery and vaccine development.
It has a long history of science and pioneering drug discovery and vaccine development.
"I am very keen to see this vaccine development programme move forward into more advanced trials, " he said.
The anthrax vaccine development project was on its way to being cancelled by the U.S. before the 2001 anthrax attacks.
The acceleration of vaccine development through cloning has broken down the sector's traditionally high barriers to entry, which has attracted the attention of pharmaceutical companies.
While Mr Sachs proposes a global incentive fund for future vaccine development there are no ideas on how to expand access to existing new medicines.
The full results of these experiments will be presented by Emini at the Keystone Conference on HIV Vaccine Development, an annual gathering of HIV researchers, on March 31.
Tom Skinner, a CDC spokesman, said the agency has sent H1N1 strains to roughly seven labs around the world to use in the first steps of vaccine development.
"The purpose of these trials is always to make sure they are safe, " said Dr. Karen Kotloff, professor of pediatrics and lead investigator and researcher at Maryland's Center for Vaccine Development.
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Models predict the 2009 H1N1 flu will peak in October, with many cases being diagnosed in September, according to Dr. Robert Belshe, director of Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development.
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"This is an important step in cancer prevention for the millions of girls and young women at risk for cervical cancer, " said Barbara Howe, vice president and director of North American vaccine development for GlaxoSmithKline.
The collaborators in both clinical trials include Dr. George Peoples, director of the Cancer Vaccine Development Laboratory and Deputy Director of the U.S. Military Cancer Institute, and Dr. Constantine Ioannides, former Professor of Immunology at the M.
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The key finding for vaccine development is that the "head" and "body" portions of the VP4 protein contain many of the targets that the immune system recognises when it attacks the virus and protects against infection, they say.
"This virus has the potential to cause significant illness with hospitalizations and deaths during the U.S. flu season this fall and winter, " said Dr. Karen Kotloff, professor of pediatrics and lead investigator and researcher at Maryland's Center for Vaccine Development.
He also oversaw the creation of a virtual vaccine product development effort involving industry, academia, and developing country scientists.
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Still, there are reasons for optimism, including the fact that the virus has changed little in recent months, suggesting that a vaccine under development will prove effective, she said.
"Merck is proud to be the leader in cervical cancer vaccine research and development, " says Merck Chief Executive Richard T.
The road to eradication of smallpox started more than 200 years ago when scientist Edward Jenner made a discovery which led to the development of a vaccine.
Chinese officials say they would consider developing a vaccine, but the research and development will take time.
This finding could lead to the development of a herpes vaccine that would effectively deactivate the virus before it penetrates cells.
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First, they will focus on the effectiveness vaccinating badgers and then on the development of a cattle vaccine, its likely effectiveness and cost, and the timescale for availability.
He does not oppose the development of an AIDS vaccine.
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Dr Xin-zhuan Su, one of the researchers, said the studies, which are published in the journal Nature, would change scientific thinking on the parasite and the development of a malaria vaccine.
The nicotine vaccine (NicVAX), currently under development by Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, is a chemical derivative of nicotine that is linked to a protein that induces an immune response.
Bresee said he is not equating this new H3N2 flu with the 2009 flu, but a new H3N2 vaccine is in the early stages of development and clinical trials are expected later this year.
There is an urgent need for the development of more modern techniques of vaccine production.
Nonetheless, several companies are already far along in the development of quicker, more efficacious vaccine-making processes, including, for example, the use of cell cultures instead of chicken eggs.
For all its political and economic travails, Cuba, for instance, has created an internationally successful biotech sector from its earlier development of an innovative, homegrown vaccine for meningitis.
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By knocking out a gene essential to the parasite's development, Kappe hopes to create a vaccine against malaria.
As I said, anything -- could go for something as repaying for the defraying of cost to move diagnostic and screening equipment or public health infrastructure, the purchase of and development of more antiviral medication, or as we get into the development of a seed stock for a vaccine.
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