X-Nico

2 unusual facts about hepatitis B vaccine


HBV

Hepatitis B vaccine, a vaccine developed for the prevention of hepatitis B virus infection.

Hepatitis B vaccine

It was withdrawn from the marketplace when Pablo DT Valenzuela, Research Director of Chiron Corporation succeeded in 1986 in making the antigen in yeast and invented the first recombinant vaccine.


2000 Simpsonwood CDC conference

Three vaccines of primary interest were discussed: hepatitis B vaccine, DPT vaccine, and the Hib vaccine.


see also

Alan Cantwell

Paul Offit has called Cantwell's ideas about the origins of HIV "uninformed" and ignored studies indicating the rates of HIV in individuals who did and did not receive the hepatitis B vaccine were identical.

SETI Institute

Two Nobel Laureates have been associated with the SETI Institute: Charles Townes, key inventor of the laser, and the late Baruch Blumberg, who discovered the Hepatitis B vaccine.