6:30am - 8:30am, Sep 10, 2010
Friendship Village
Address: 2645 E. Southern Ave Tempe AZ 85282
Presented by Dr. Angela Jansen, Biodesign Institute Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology
Pneumonia Vaccine for Newborns: A Vaccine with Global Ramifications
Four thousand children die every day from pneumonia. The bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for most of these deaths. Currently, vaccines are available in the United States and Western Europe that will protect against the disease; however this vaccine is prohibitively expensive for the developing world and does not protect those at greatest risk, namely newborns and infants. We are constructing a live attenuated vaccine against S. pneumoniae using modified Salmonella, to deliver streptococcus’ proteins, and thus prevent infection. Tempe South Rotary Weekly breakfast meeting
Each month, innovative research from the Biodesign Institute appears in the world’s premier scientific journals. Many such studies have graced the covers of these journals, showcasing Biodesign research ranging from water remediation to nanometer-scale structures built from DNA.
Lungs clothed in fresh cells offer new hope for transplant patients
Air Toxics and Children’s Asthma: A Mixed Tale of Epidemiologic Evidence
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