Immunology 

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  • Benefits of Probiotics Reviewed

    A review suggests that probiotics may be helpful for infectious diarrhea, irritable bowel syndrome, antibiotic-associated diarrhea, and atopic dermatitis in at-risk infants.

    Medscape (Immunology) - Fri, 7 November 2008
    http://www.medscape.com

  • Monovalent Type 1 Oral Poliovirus Vaccine in Newborns

    One potential tool in the quest for global eradication of poliomyelitis is a newly developed monovalent type 1 oral poliovirus vaccine.

    New England Journal of Medicine (Immunology) - Thu, 16 October 2008
    http://www.nejm.org

  • Bird Flu Vaccine

    The European Commission approved the first prepandemic avian influenza vaccine for use in the European Union.

    Journal of the American Medical Association (Immunology) - Wed, 18 June 2008
    http://jama.ama-assn.org/

  • Report on a Workshop on Vaccination Strategy

    European Commission organised a workshop to exchange ideas with the vaccination policy makers of the EU Member States on measles and rubella elimination, public perception of vaccines, seasonal flu vaccination and HPV vaccination.

    Health-EU (Immunology) - Thu, 5 June 2008
    http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/index_en.htm

  • Mesenchymal stem cells can suppress life-threatening immune reaction

    Treatment with mesenchymal stem cells (MCS) has shown to be an effective therapy for patients with severe graft-versus-host disease, a life-threatening complication after allogeneic transplantation with haemopoietic stem cells.

    Karolinska Institutet (Immunology) - Thu, 15 May 2008
    http://ki.se/ki/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=130&l=en

  • Recommended Vaccinations in the Adult

    The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has recently approved the vaccination schedule for adults, after examining data on epidemiology, on vaccine safety and efficacy, on cost-benefit ratio and on practicability.

    MedNews (Immunology) - Sun, 4 May 2008
    http://mn.medsurfnews.com/

  • Pneumococcal Vaccination Wards off Pneumonia in HIV-Infected Patients

    Vaccination with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPV) helps prevent pneumonia in patients infected with HIV.

    Medscape (Immunology) - Wed, 16 April 2008
    http://www.medscape.com

  • Japan vaccinates bird flu workers

    Japan is to become the first country in the world to vaccinate thousands of health workers against bird flu.

    BBC News (Immunology) - Wed, 16 April 2008
    http://news.bbc.co.uk

  • Improving uptake of MMR vaccine

    Almost a decade since the original report suggesting a link between the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism or inflammatory bowel disease, we now have overwhelming evidence to refute such a link.

    British Medical Journal (Immunology) - Thu, 10 April 2008
    http://www.bmjjournals.com

  • Mechanisms of Disease: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

    To the clinician, systemic lupus erythematosus is important because it is a potentially fatal disease that is easily confused with many other disorders.

    New England Journal of Medicine (Immunology) - Thu, 28 February 2008
    http://www.nejm.org

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