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• n  immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies

• Ten states are considering requiring all girls in middle school to get the cancer-fighting HPV vaccine, but some parents in Kentucky and elsewhere are saying no way.
• A large government trial of the most promising HIV vaccine candidate to date has been canceled.
• Tom Murray, head of the Hastings Center bioethics research institute, answers questions about the new cocaine vaccine.

• vaccinum

News & Articles

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• Vaccine Manufacturing Innovators Awarded Fraunhofer Prize
  NEWARK, Del.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vaccine innovators awarded Fraunhofer Prize for developing automated, GMP compliant, plant-based, protein production process
  June 13, 2013 - Business Wire
• Vet offers snakebite vaccine for pets
  A doctor at the Rocky Ridge Animal Clinic is offering a snake vaccine for pets...
  June 13, 2013 - FOX 6 News Birmingham
• Experimental vaccine shows promise against TB meningitis
  ( Johns Hopkins Medicine ) A team of Johns Hopkins researchers working with animals has developed a vaccine that prevents the virulent TB bacterium from invading the brain and causing the highly lethal condition TB meningitis, a disease that disproportionately occurs in TB-infected children and in adults with compromised immune system.
  June 11, 2013 - EurekAlert!

Quotes

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• Rick Perry in USA Today
  The HPV vaccine provides us with an incredible opportunity to effectively target and prevent cervical cancer,Perry said in announcing the order.
• Paul Offit in 940 News
  I think that what's so endearing to me about the anti-vaccine people is they're perfectly willing to go from one hypothesis to the next without a backward glance,said Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Centre at the Children's...
• Stephen Harper in International Herald Tribune
  Between Canada and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, we will contribute to the effort to develop a safe, effective, affordable and globally accessible HIV vaccine,Harper said, alongside Gates, as they addressed a joint news conference in...