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| Wisconsin group keeps eye on CWD vaccine research |
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| Thursday, 26 August 2010 10:10 |
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The Safari Club International (SCI) Chapters of Wisconsin sent a delegation last week to the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization and International Vaccine Center (VIDO-InterVac) at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Researchers there have announced, with certainty, development of a vaccine that induces strong immune responses specific for the misfolded form of the prion protein that causes Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer and elk.
An injectable form of the vaccine is currently being tested to determine whether it will protect from the disease. A second generation oral vaccine is in the pipeline which may be administered through feed. CWD is a progressive, fatal and incurable prion disease known to infect deer and elk and has been found increasingly in wild and captive populations in Canada and the United States. The discovery of using antibodies against misfolded prions also has the potential to fight prion diseases in cattle and sheep and could contribute to the development of vaccines for human protein folding disorders such as Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease (CJD), Parkinson's, and Alzheimer's. "The purpose of our trip is to lock down a date in September for a formal press conference in the U.S. The SCI Chapters of Wisconsin will host this conference here in Wisconsin," said Mike Christianson, vice President of SCI National from Oshkosh. "We hope to bring in a team from VIDO-InterVac to make a presentation and answer technical questions about their discovery." There are currently six SCI Chapters in Wisconsin. To learn more about SCI in Wisconsin go to sciwi.org. 
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