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Japanese Researchers Use Rice to Develop Cholera Vaccine

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a type of rice that can carry a vaccine for cholera , a step that could one day ease delivery of vaccines in developing countries.While it's only the latest of several plants being tested as potential means of producing vaccines, the development is potentially important in medically underserved countries that lack refrigeration to store regular vaccines.But the work is preliminary, having been tested only in mice.The team, led by Hiroshi Kiyono of the division of mucosal immunology at the University of Tokyo, reports the development of the new vaccine in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences .A major advantage of this approach, they said, it that it causes immune reactions both systemwide in the body and in mucosal tissues such as in the mouth, nose and genital tract.Standard vaccines delivered by needle do not spur immune responses in the mucosal areas.That means the new vaccine could have an advantage against p...

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  1. Cholera In Haiti Means We Must Act Now to Prevent Another Pandemic

    From the point of view of those of us who study infectious disease, it was only a matter of time before a cholera outbreak occurred amid the devastation of post-eart...

  2. 2nd study says Haitian cholera from South Asia, carried in by outsiders, but no group named

    Scientists reported Thursday the strongest evidence yet that a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti can be traced to South Asia.The analy...

  3. Cuba acknowledges 51 cholera cases

    Cuba is acknowledging 51 new cases of cholera in the capital, months after declaring the illness eradicated.It says nobody has died from cholera in Havana. But the f...

  4. Scientific study exposes Haiti's politics of cholera as disease goes under the microscope

    The death rate from the Haiti cholera epidemic that has killed more than 7,000 people over the past two years has finally ebbed, but the debate about the source of t...

  5. Cuban authorities try to stamp out rare outbreak of cholera amid fears it may have spread

    Authorities in eastern Cuba are in full prevention mode to contain a rare cholera outbreak amid fears that it may have spread to the capital, distributing chlorine a...

  6. Migration officials say cholera in Haiti on rise

    The world's largest agency that deals with global migration says cholera is again on the rise in Haiti.The International Organization for Migration says Haitian offi...

  7. Cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone hits emergency proportions; many deaths reported

    An outbreak of cholera in West Africa has infected more than 13,000 people and killed at least 258 people in Sierra Leone and Guinea, authorities said as they appeal...

  8. UN in Haiti sees "slight rise" in number of cholera cases after TS Isaac

    The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti says it has seen a "slight rise" in the number of cholera cases following the recent passage of Tropical Storm Isaac...

  9. No new cholera deaths in Cuba, outbreak contained at 158 cases

    Cuba's Health Ministry on Saturday reported 158 cases of cholera, nearly three times as many as previously disclosed, but said there were no new deaths and the outbr...

  10. Sierra Leone says a cholera outbreak has sickened 3,800 and killed 66 since January

    Sierra Leone's health ministry says a cholera outbreak has sickened more than 3,800 and killed 66 people since January.The ministry says it is "very concerned" becau...

  11. Cholera reported at impromptu camp in Congo where more than 10,000 refugees have fled

    The first case of cholera has emerged among thousands of people in an impromptu refugee camp in eastern Congo who fled fighting between a new rebel group and governm...

  12. Sierra Leone's death toll from cholera outbreak rises to 217; nearly 12,000 cases reported

    Humanitarian officials say the death toll from a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone has risen to 217 people.Oxfam said Thursday that the death rates in the West Africa...

  1. CDC study shows Haiti cholera has changed, experts say it suggests disease becoming endemic

    The cholera strain in Haiti is evolving, researchers reported Thursday, a sign that it may be taking deeper root in the nation less than two years after it appeared ...

  2. US-based health organization working in Haiti to begin cholera vaccinations this weekend

    The chief advocates for a cholera vaccination program in Haiti will begin distributing the vaccine this weekend after a government ethics committee gave approval fol...

  3. UN rejects damage claim for Haiti cholera victims

    The United Nations has rejected a claim for damages on behalf of more than 5,000 Haitian cholera victims and their families, citing diplomatic immunity.The claim was...

  4. Cholera Case Confirmed in Haitian Capital

    PORT-AU-PRINCE , Haiti -- A 3-year-old boy from a Port-au-Prince tent city was confirmed by health authorities to have cholera Monday, proving Haiti's growing epidem...

  5. UN panel: South Asian cholera strain in Haiti

    The cholera outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people in Haiti was caused by a South Asian strain that contaminated a river where tens of thousands of people wash...

  6. Cholera surfaces in flood-ravaged Pakistan as prime minister says 20 million left homeless

    ISLAMABAD (AP) — A case of the deadly, waterborne disease cholera has been confirmed in Pakistan's flood-ravaged northwest, and aid workers expect there to be more, ...

  7. UN Probes Base as Source of Haiti Cholera Outbreak

    U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday, following persiste...

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