an oil adjuvant vaccine (oav) was prepared from a local strain of pasteurella multocida. strain 6:b was cultured and inactivated by formalin. bacterial pellet was prepared by centrifugation and subsequently adjuvanted by montannide oil isa-70. a dose of prepared vaccine containing 3ml (2mg dry weight/ml) was injected into five calves by im route. animals were bled before and at 24, 90, 150, and...

introduction: long term complications of hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection include fibrosis, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma and although the disease is treatable with the newly introduced direct acting antivirals, but factors such as drug resistance, viral genotype and adverse effects can limit the effectiveness of therapy. therefore, development of effective, safe and affordable proph...

Serrapeptase, a proteolytic enzyme, has been used for the adjuvant treatment of many diseases. However, its fibrinolytic activity is still uncertain. Herein, serrapeptase and in vitro thrombolytic effects were investigated. The results showed that was 1295 U/mg, specific 3867 U/mg protein when toward casein 2800 U/mg. optimum temperature pH 37-40°C 9.0, respectively. At 1 mmol/L, Zn2+, Mn2+ Fe2...

Vaccination against the highly abused prescription opioid oxycodone has shown pre-clinical efficacy for blocking oxycodone effects. The current study further evaluated a candidate vaccine composed of oxycodone derivatized at the C6 position (6OXY) conjugated to the native keyhole limpet hemocyanin (nKLH) carrier protein. To provide an oxycodone vaccine formulation suitable for human studies, we...

Most women with estrogen receptor expressing breast cancers receiving anti-estrogens such as tamoxifen may not need or benefit from them. Besides the estrogen receptor, there are no predictive biomarkers to help select breast cancer patients for tamoxifen treatment. CCND1 (cyclin D1) gene amplification is a putative candidate tamoxifen predictive biomarker. The RSF1 (remodeling and spacing fact...

The protozoan parasite Entamoeba histolytica causes invasive amoebiasis characterized by amoebic dysentery and liver abscesses (ALA). The E. histolytica galactose/N-acetyl-D-galactosamine-inhibitable lectin (Gal-lectin), an immunogenic surface molecule involved in colonization and invasion, is a promising vaccine candidate against amoebiasis. Gal-lectin is known to induce Th1 cytokines in macro...

Increased understanding of the molecular mechanisms of tumor heterogeneity combined with rapid advances in the field of pharmacogenetics and pharmacogenomics have fuelled studies on individualizing anticancer therapy. Doxorubicin (Adriamycin), is an anthracycline glycoside antibiotic originally produced by Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius, and is widely used either as a single agent or in co...

The efficacy of a recombinant subunit West Nile (WN) vaccine candidate was determined in a hamster model of encephalitis. Animals included young, aged, and immunocompromised animals in an effort to simulate key groups at risk of WN virus-induced disease. Groups of aged (12 month old), weanling, and adult hamsters rendered leukopenic after immunization were immunized subcutaneously with a WN vir...