Australia starts flu vaccine trial.7/22/2009 6:16:21 AM Scientists in Australia have begun the first human trials of an experimental vaccine for the H1N1 flu strain, hoping to introduce a working vaccine against a virus that has so far killed more than 700 people worldwide. The trials will be conducted on some 600 adult and child volunteers at the Royal Adelaide Hospital The Royal Adelaide Hospital is Adelaide's largest hospital with over 700 beds. Founded in 1840, the Royal Adelaide provides tertiary health care services for South Australia and provides secondary care clinical services to residents of Adelaide's inner city. in South Australia South Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,236,623), 380,070 sq mi (984,381 sq km), S central Australia. It is bounded on the S by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and many smaller islands off the south coast are included in the state. . Australia is among the countries worst-hit by the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, with more than 14,000 cases and 41 deaths linked to the disease. The virus first broke out in Mexico and was initially linked to a flu virus in pigs. In a statement the Australian pharmaceutical company conducting the trial said participants will be injected twice with the vaccine, three weeks apart, with a comparison between a standard and an increased dosage. "We appreciate that new influenza strains like the swine flu can surprise us with properties that mean they might require higher dosing and two injections rather than one to provoke the desired level of immune response immune response n. An integrated bodily response to an antigen, especially one mediated by lymphocytes and involving recognition of antigens by specific antibodies or previously sensitized lymphocytes. in humans," Dr Russell Basser, CSL (Computerese as a Second Language) Said of people who love to speak high-tech words even though they often use them erroneously. See TLA. 1. CSL - Computer Structure Language. A computer hardware description language, written in BCPL. Biotherapies' global director of clinical development, said. Doctors will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the dosage at which volunteers develop an appropriate immune response, the company said, adding that trials will take about seven months to complete. Rising toll On Tuesday the World Health Organisation said the global death toll from the virus had shot up to more than 700, a sharp jump of some 40 per cent, since the start of the outbreak in March. Australia has seen almost daily deaths linked to the H1N1 virus, with a 59-year-old woman with other health problems becoming the latest fatality late on Tuesday. Some 231 people have been hospitalised, including 96 in intensive care, across the country. The government has pre-ordered 21 million shots of the trial vaccine, and hopes to start distribution in October should the trials be proven to work. "As soon as I have confirmation that the vaccine is safe and effective, I will ensure it can be rolled out to the community," Nicola Roxon, the Australian health minister, said. As winter sets in scientists fear the virus, which has so far been reasonably mild, could mutate mu·tate intr. & tr.v. mu·tat·ed, mu·tat·ing, mu·tates To undergo or cause to undergo mutation. [Latin m to a more deadly form in a reprise re·prise n. 1. Music a. A repetition of a phrase or verse. b. A return to an original theme. 2. A recurrence or resumption of an action. tr.v. of the Spanish and Asian influenza Asian influenza n. Influenza that is caused by a strain of influenza virus type A, which was first isolated in China during the 1957 epidemic. pandemics of 1918 and 1958, and become resistant to drugs. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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