TWiV #50 - XMRV
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Vincent\\xa0and Jason review influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine trials and protection against the virus conferred by the 1976 swine flu vaccine, then move on to a virus called XMRV and its possible role in prostate cancer.
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- One dose of\\xa0influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine without adjuvant is enough \\n
- Partially completed study on influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine\\xa0with MF59 adjuvant \\n
- 1976 swine flu vaccine induces\\xa0cross-reactive antibodies against influenza 2009 H1N1 strain \\n
- Explanation of\\xa0hemagglutination-inhibition and\\xa0microneutralization assays \\n
- FDA approves influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine \\n
- XMRV is present in malignant prostatic epithelium and is associated with prostate cancer \\n
- Identification of a\\xa0novel gammaretrovirus in prostate tumors \\n
- CDC page on\\xa0Guillain-Barr\\xe9 syndrome \\n
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