Archive for June 2010

Merck is found to be paying experts to recommend Gardasil

Jun 28th, 2010 | By

Norwegian experts received money from Merck and then advised their government on the HPV vaccine Gardasil, which at the time was only in it’s experimental stages.



HPV vaccine blinds 16-year-old girl

Jun 25th, 2010 | By

David Gutierrez NaturalNews.com 06/24/2010 A 16-year-old girl lost nearly all of her vision within 10 days of receiving the second course of her vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV), reports a case study in the Journal of Child Neurology. The HPV vaccine is designed to prevent infection by the strains of the virus that…

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Vaccines Derived from Patients’ Tumor Cells Are Individualizing Cancer Treatment

Jun 25th, 2010 | By

Erica Rex Scientific American 06/24/2010 The first discovery of a cancer gene marker—the BRAF oncogene for melanoma and colorectal malignancies—back in 2002 changed the way many researchers thought about cancer treatment. Rather than approach the disease based on what region of the body it stemmed from, scientists began to identify cancers in terms of their…

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Many in Fort Collins rush to get meningitis vaccines in wake of deaths

Jun 24th, 2010 | By

Jeffrey Wolf 9News.com 06/23/2010 After Lisa Krizman of Loveland lost her daughter, Sierra, to meningitis in 2007, she started a foundation to bolster awareness of the disease and raise money for vaccination clinics. Now that Fort Collins Adult Hockey Association players Brian Wormus and Nick Smith have died of invasive meningococcal disease, Krizman is fast-tracking…

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Measles Virus-induced Immunosuppression

Jun 23rd, 2010 | By

Excerpt from Polymicrobial Diseases Chapter 19 – Virus-induced Immunosuppression http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov “MV infection produces an immune system paradox. MV infection, while inducing lifelong immunity, also suppresses the immune system leading to an increase in susceptibility to other, secondary infections (24, 67, 91). In vitro research has shown that MV infection of cell cultures makes the cells…

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