He has made several important contributions in this area including identifying a new strain of CHIKV virus, identification of host cellular targets of HIV accessory genes, new novel DNA
vaccine approaches for HIV, CHIKV, RSV, Dengue, MERS and Zika among others.
The second focus on my research is the development of novel therapeutic
vaccine approaches for cancer.
«This broad implication is in contrast to a more traditional vaccine - based approach, which requires a specialist to surgically remove tumor samples from a patient's body then create a personalized
vaccine approach for one specific patient.»
Not exact matches
«What that suggests is that this
approach really gives us broad spectrum protection, and could serve as a basis
for an effective pre-pandemic
vaccine.»
To fund the new
approach to the work, tenOever contacted the Army Research Office, which sponsors new technology
for vaccine development.
Researchers
for the past decade have focused on the T cell
approach, based on studies showing that monkeys receiving such
vaccines against simian immunodeficiency virus, related to HIV, lived longer or had lower viral levels than usual.
Vaccines 2.0 Rather than take Han's broader
approach, Stanford University's Mark Davis, director of the Institute
for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, is focusing on unraveling one specific piece of the puzzle: the immune response to flu vaccination.
«We think we can use our molecular, rational design
approaches to make a better flu
vaccine for people who really need it,» says study leader Andrew Pekosz, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Throughout the company's trials the FDA has been on alert
for signs that a patient could have a bad reaction as a result of this
vaccine - making
approach.
The advantage of Novavax's
approach is that a
vaccine can be made rapidly and in high volume, compared with the egg - based approach that's used today, says Ted Ross, an associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Vaccine Research
vaccine can be made rapidly and in high volume, compared with the egg - based
approach that's used today, says Ted Ross, an associate professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at the University of Pittsburgh's Center
for Vaccine Research
Vaccine Research (CVR).
Other scientists are using multi-omic
approaches for preventive medicine,
for example, to be more effective and efficient in
vaccine development.
A new
approach to the live flu
vaccine would be particularly advantageous right now after the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention stopped recommending use of the live attenuate flu
vaccine, FluMist ® earlier this year.
The mRNA
vaccine approach has other advantages, Weissman added: «If a
vaccine is effective after just a single immunization, the infrastructure needed
for its administration can be much simpler.
Phages would require a less traditional
approach to get official approval, such as the annual process
for influenza
vaccines in which manufacturers secure approval of new formulas based on the flu bug that is going around that year, instead of conducting big clinical trials every time.
«The DOD brings a different, niched
approach to international AIDS
vaccine development that neither the NIH nor the [Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention] has picked up.»
Therefore, the most logical
approach for protecting threatened carnivores from canine distemper virus may be to target the
vaccine on the endangered species itself.»
The
approach may be useful to devise
vaccines for other human pathogenic viruses, he says.
«This nanoformulation
approach allows us to make
vaccines against new diseases in only seven days, allowing the potential to deal with sudden outbreaks or make rapid modifications and improvements,» says Daniel Anderson, an associate professor in MIT's Department of Chemical Engineering and a member of MIT's Koch Institute
for Integrative Cancer Research and Institute
for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES).
With this
approach if validated
for other
vaccines, we only need to wait
for a week,» says researcher Ali Harandi, who heads the participation of Sahlgrenska Academy and University of Gothenburg in the project.
For example, although early clinical trials of Listeria - based vaccines have shown that the neutralized bacterium produces only mild flulike symptoms in human patients with cervical cancer, the various methods of genetically disarming the bacteria should be explored to find the safest approach for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune syste
For example, although early clinical trials of Listeria - based
vaccines have shown that the neutralized bacterium produces only mild flulike symptoms in human patients with cervical cancer, the various methods of genetically disarming the bacteria should be explored to find the safest
approach for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune syste
for people gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, because these patients are likely to already have weak immune systems.
This
approach could be especially useful
for delivering HIV
vaccines and
for stimulating the body's immune system to attack tumors, says Irvine, who is also a member of MIT's Koch Institute
for Integrative Cancer Research.
«We have been struggling to use traditional
vaccine - development
approaches with these big pathogens,» says Julie Louise Gerberding, president of the
vaccine division at Merck and former director of the US Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention.
For 30 years, researchers have struggled to determine which immune responses best foil HIV, information that has guided the design of AIDS
vaccines and other prevention
approaches.
In the future, researchers hope to find new candidates
for antibody
vaccines by building on the success of the T cell
approach or to replace it if it fails.
The
vaccine is a «very novel
approach for the treatment of obesity,» says Matthias Tschöp, an obesity researcher at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio.
The Transcriptomics Core Facility supports a systems biology
approach in
vaccine development focusing on the identification of transcriptomic correlates of
vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy
for a range of novel and licensed
vaccines using PBMC or whole - blood and BAL fluid samples.
Extending cytokine / chemokine profiling platform (UNISI): Improvement of currently available services will be particularly focused on the optimisation of cytokine profiling
for vaccine relevance using a systems biology
approach.
Vinetz said the next step will be to begin exploiting the genomic information «
for vaccine and diagnostics development, experimental
approaches to understanding mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and how Leptospira persist in the environment, all critical
for developing new public health interventions aimed at reducing the global impact of this important but neglected zoonotic disease.»
For their pioneering discoveries in chemistry and parasitology, and personal commitments to translate these into effective chemotherapeutic and
vaccine - based
approaches to control malaria - their collective work will impact millions of lives globally particularly in the developing countries.
Research will aim to improve the predictive value of animal models
for vaccine evaluation, provide consultancy on the selection of appropriate models, and develop innovative
approaches to characterise in vivo antigen behaviour and host responses whilst reducing animal use.
Results will be compared with new ex vivo / in vitro
approaches for testing innate and adaptive responses induced by
vaccine antigens.
«Nevertheless, this is a potentially exciting finding and it is possible that nivolumab, most likely in combination with other
approaches such as therapeutic
vaccines, may have a role in the eventual discovery of a cure
for HIV.»
Douglas J. Schwartzentruber and colleagues at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrate that patients with metastatic melanoma receiving high doses of interleukin - 2 (IL - 2) plus a gp100 peptide
vaccine had significant improvement in overall clinical response, providing further validation
for vaccine approaches to cancer treatment.
The integrated production platform aims to produce and purify these proteins using a combination of engineered microbial cell factories and flexible
approaches for purification to accommodate different
vaccines and future candidates.
Ertl's research centers on developing
vaccines for an array of diseases and conditions — including AIDS and some forms of cancer — not typically considered to be treated using this
approach.
VAC2VAC stands
for «
Vaccine batch to vaccine batch comparison by consistency testing» and has the objective to deliver a proof of concept of consistency approach for batch release testing of established vaccines using sets of in vitro and analytical m
Vaccine batch to
vaccine batch comparison by consistency testing» and has the objective to deliver a proof of concept of consistency approach for batch release testing of established vaccines using sets of in vitro and analytical m
vaccine batch comparison by consistency testing» and has the objective to deliver a proof of concept of consistency
approach for batch release testing of established
vaccines using sets of in vitro and analytical methods.
The initiative aims to provide the data to support the «consistency
approach»
for quality control of established
vaccines.
«With diseases spread by biting insects, such as Zika, standard quarantine measures are useless, so stopping an outbreak in its tracks requires a
vaccine - led
approach, as we are currently seeing carried out
for Zika's relative, yellow fever, in Angola and neighbouring countries.
More specifically it is a wide - ranging collaborative research project funded by IMI2 which aims to develop and validate quality testing
approaches for both human and veterinary
vaccines using non-animal methods.
Nevertheless, this
approach offers promise in the search
for an eventual cure
for HIV, probably in combination with other interventions such as
vaccines.
This finding suggests that the typical
approach to
vaccines for treatment of cancer or AIDS is not likely to produce the desired result.
In a way, developing a
vaccine for allergies requires the opposite
approach to a
vaccine against disease.
The genome sequence provides a fast track
approach to finding
vaccine candidates
for a disease that had frustrated researchers
for decades.
Using a bottom - up
approach, the needs and priorities regarding European
vaccine R&D were identified through a series of stakeholder consultations and workshops, and translated into a proposal for the establishment of a European Vaccine Research & Development Infrastructure
vaccine R&D were identified through a series of stakeholder consultations and workshops, and translated into a proposal
for the establishment of a European
Vaccine Research & Development Infrastructure
Vaccine Research & Development Infrastructure (EVRI).
Picking
vaccine candidates from the entire repertoire of genes
for an organism «will probably be the only
approach used to find
vaccines in the future, because the technique is so powerful and so fast,» says Rappuoli.
Current immunotherapy
approaches for melanoma fall into seven main categories: checkpoint inhibitors, oncolytic virus therapies, cancer
vaccines, adjuvant immunotherapy, adoptive cell therapy, monoclonal antibodies, and cytokines.
Therefore the group: i) characterizes the specificity of these antibody responses to identify relevant targets
for a
vaccine; ii) developes new
approaches to test antibody responses; and iii) adoptes the immunological analysis in preclinical (in rabbits and macaques) and clinical
vaccines studies to identify predictive signatures
for the development and prioritization of new HIV - 1
vaccine candidates.
«The data from this study show the promise of vector - mediated gene transfer as an
approach for immunization,» says Pat Fast, chief medical officer at the International AIDS
Vaccine Initiative.
We have addressed adaption to the host, to antibiotics and to
vaccine pressure, most recently developing new bacterial genome - wide association
approaches to identify genetic determinants responsible
for this adaptation.
Overall, this study both identifies specific antigen combinations
for high - priority clinical testing and establishes a generalizable
approach that is more likely to produce effective
vaccines.