The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 274 No 7336 p171
12 February 2005

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Cell-cultured smallpox vaccine

Researchers from Kentucky have designed a cell-cultured smallpox vaccine that has been shown to be a safe alternative to calf-lymph derived vaccine, which is no longer acceptable because of the risk of bovine spongiform encephalitis (Lancet 2005; 365:398).