<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[CBN Countermeasure Developments]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-biosecurity.org/</link><description><![CDATA[Clinicians' Biosecurity Network Report archive for countermeasure development.]]></description><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2010. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. All rights reserved.]]></copyright><managingEditor><![CDATA[cbn_editor@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></managingEditor><webmaster><![CDATA[cbn_editor@upmc-biosecurity.org]]></webmaster><lastBuildDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:07:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>SiteExecutive v4.1</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Single-Dose Vaccination for the 2009 H1N1 Influenza A Virus (09-15-2009)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/09_September_2009/cbnreport_09152009.html</link><description><![CDATA[Two studies published ahead of print in the New England Journal of Medicine provide evidence that a single dose of vaccine may be sufficient for the 2009 H1N1 influenza A.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/09_September_2009/cbnreport_09152009.html</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:24:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[3rd Generation Smallpox Vaccine LC16m8 Proved Safe and Immunogenic (03-20-2009)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/03_March_2009/cbnreport_03202009.html</link><description><![CDATA[New JAMA study from Japanese researchers testing LC16m8,  tissue-cultured 3rd gen smallpox vaccine. Overall, the vaccine displayed high levels of vaccine take in primary vaccinees and provoked an effective booster response in some revaccinees.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/03_March_2009/cbnreport_03202009.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:31:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Update on Smallpox Vaccine (01-08-2009)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/01_January_2009/cbnreport_01092009.html</link><description><![CDATA[The 2001 anthrax attacks spurred new vaccine development, and, as a result, there have been several updates to the smallpox vaccine armamentarium, which are reviewed here.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2009/01_January_2009/cbnreport_01092009.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:42:32 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Long-lived Immunity after Smallpox Vaccination (12-05-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/12_December_2008/cbnreport_12052008.html</link><description><![CDATA[Researchers from NIA have just reported results of a study in which 97% of 209 vaccinated subjects maintained antibody titers for up to 88 years.  While promising, these results must be interpreted carefully.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/12_December_2008/cbnreport_12052008.html</guid><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:05:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ten Notable Publications of 2007 (01-10-2008)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/01_January_2008/cbnreport_01102008.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ten notable publications of 2007 from Center for Biosecurity of UPMC.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2008/01_January_2008/cbnreport_01102008.html</guid><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:08:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Smallpox Antiviral Effective in Animal Trials (10-23-2006)]]></title><link>http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/10_October_2006/cbnreport_102306.html</link><description><![CDATA[On October 18, 2006, SIGA Technologies, Inc. announced that its antiviral drug candidate SIGA-246 demonstrated a high degree of protection against variola, the smallpox virus, in a primate trial conducted at the CDC.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.upmc-cbn.org/report_archive/2006/10_October_2006/cbnreport_102306.html</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
