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1. www.dalmedicalalumni.ca
www.dalmedicalalumni.ca/about_ - [Cached]Published on: 4/21/2008 Last Visited: 4/21/2008
Dr. Robert Anderson '54 anmarbob@hfx.eastlink.ca -
2. VIDO - Solutions Through Research
www.vido.org/research/vaccine_ - [Cached]Published on: 2/10/2006 Last Visited: 12/20/2006
Dr. Robert Anderson
Dr. Anderson is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University. More information on Dr. Anderson can be found here.
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3. Dalhousie Medicine Infectious Disease Expert Pursues SARS Vaccine
communications.medicine.dal.ca - [Cached]Published on: 5/17/2004 Last Visited: 5/12/2008
May 17, 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia - One of Canada's foremost experts on respiratory viral diseases , Dalhousie Medical School's Dr. Robert Anderson , has returned to Canada for a brief visit before heading back to Thailand to continue work on a SARS vaccine.Dr. Anderson will be in Halifax and available for media interviews at various times between May 17 and 29, 2004.He will return to Dalhousie full time in July.
A professor in the Medical School's Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Dr. Anderson is heading a three-country coalition to develop a safe and effective vaccine against SARS, sudden acute respiratory syndrome.Dr. Anderson has extensive experience with the corona virus family , of which the SARS virus is a member , and with the development of molecular-based vaccines for respiratory viruses.He and his Dalhousie-based research team are working with leading researchers in the field of microbial antigenic diversity and viral epidemiology at Thammasat University in Thailand, and with experts in the molecular and immunological characterization of viruses at Kaohsiung Medical University in Taiwan.
"Our approach is to engineer portions of the SARS virus protein in bacteria, to generate potential vaccine molecules," explains Dr. Anderson.
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Dr. Anderson has been on sabbatical in Thailand for the past four months, pursuing SARS research as well as his long-term interest in dengue virus infection.This debilitating mosquito-borne virus afflicts about 100 million people each year, mostly children and primarily in tropical regions.He will continue his dengue studies while working on the SARS vaccine.One of three Dalhousie researchers involved in a new CIHR-funded vaccine development network, Dr. Anderson is also known for his groundbreaking work on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), Canada's leading cause of hospitalization of children under the age of two.
