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  • In these discussions, the Thai prime-boost trial was frequently an afterthought.

    Mitchell Warren: An AIDS Vaccine is Now More than a Dream 2009

  • Before it even enrolled the first of its 16,400 volunteers, the Thai prime-boost trial was labeled a guaranteed failure by critics, many of whom questioned its design and whether it should go forward at all.

    Mitchell Warren: An AIDS Vaccine is Now More than a Dream 2009

  • To overcome this poor responsiveness, recombinant poxvirus vectors, including vaccinia, fowlpox and modified vaccinia Ankara (MVA), can be genetically engineered to express one or more tumor-associated antigens to greatly enhance the immune system's ability to recognize and destroy cancer cells bearing any of the targeted antigens. ® and CV-301 are prime-boost vaccines, sequentially combining two different poxviruses (vaccinia and fowlpox).

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • This Phase II clinical trial is using a prime-boost vaccination protocol in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in complete clinical remission and examines the safety and feasibility of a prime-boost vaccination regimen to extend the duration of telomerase immunity.

    The StockMasters - Financial News, Stock Market Trading, the Best Stocks for the Savvy Investor Eric Cheshier 2010

  • The scientists measured how well the prime-boost vaccine protected mice and ferrets against deadly levels of flu virus.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

  • Torres JV, Langlois AJ, Bolognesi DP, Gardner MB, et al. (1993) Induction of HIVMN neutralizing antibodies in primates using a prime-boost regimen of hybrid synthetic gp120 envelope peptides.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Barney S. Graham et al. 2010

  • The scientists measured how well the prime-boost vaccine protected mice and ferrets against deadly levels of flu virus.

    TODAYonline 2010

  • This Phase II clinical trial is using a prime-boost vaccination protocol in patients with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) in complete clinical remission and examines the safety and feasibility of a prime-boost vaccination regimen to extend the duration of telomerase immunity.

    The StockMasters - Financial News, Stock Market Trading, the Best Stocks for the Savvy Investor Eric Cheshier 2010

  • The Phase 1/2a clinical trial evaluated a prime-boost vaccine regimen combining three doses of unadjuvanted two-gene malaria DNA vaccine based on Vical's DNA delivery technology followed by a single dose of a corresponding two-gene viral-vector malaria vaccine.

    News 2010

  • Maryland, who led the study said: "The prime-boost approach opens a new door to vaccinations for influenza that would be similar to vaccination against diseases as hepatitis, where we vaccinate early in life and then boost immunity through occasional, additional inoculations in adulthood"

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2010

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