Other Ebola
vaccine candidates use vector viruses to ferry a single Ebola protein, a surface antigen, to prime the immune system.
Some newer
vaccine candidates use harmless viruses such as modified adenoviruses to deliver genes that encode immunizing viral proteins.
Wang and collaborators designed
a vaccine candidate using an HIV protein fragment linked to a sugar group.
«
Vaccine candidate using genetically engineered malaria parasite developed.»
Not exact matches
«In addition, this platform can be
used to develop safe
vaccine candidates for other flaviviruses such as Zika virus, where pregnant women are the target group for vaccination.»
Attempts at
using live dengue viruses to develop a dengue fever
vaccine have often led to an imbalance in immunity to the four dengue serotypes — for instance, one recent
candidate had lower efficacy against serotype 2.
By contrast, the new Zika
candidate vaccine uses tiny strands of RNA that hold the genetic codes for making viral proteins.
The new
candidate vaccine is the first to show such potent and long - lasting protection without the
use of a live virus.
While no dengue
vaccine has yet been approved for general
use, several
candidates are in clinical development.
That includes tracking the myriad flu strains circulating globally each year in animals and
using the data to help develop
candidate vaccine viruses.
The Pilot Bioproduction Facility headed by Dr. Kenneth H. Eckels, produced small batches of
vaccine candidates that were
used for the preclinical studies and is currently manufacturing a
vaccine lot for
use in initial human clinical studies.
Our team proposes
using the strains containing all the identified evolutionary markers as
vaccine candidates for upcoming influenza seasons,» Kainov continues.
Candidate vaccines against Ebola or malaria — one of which recently received an important stamp of approval in Europe — should definitely be
used if they are safe and effective, he says, but they could lead to more virulent pathogens.
The researchers theorize that vaccinating camels could reduce the risk of MERS - CoV transmission to people and other camels; NIAID and others are supporting research to develop
candidate vaccines for potential
use in people and camels.
Finally, Kurtis and colleagues
used the antibody to develop a
vaccine candidate that they gave to mice infected with a particularly lethal form of malaria.
«Six years ago we began
using these samples to identify novel
vaccine candidates and now it's coming full circle.
For influenza we offer the ferret model, the «gold standard» for infections with human influenza viruses, which will be
used to assess the efficacy of
vaccine candidates.
These assays can be
used to address the qualitative and quantitative properties of
vaccine candidates by analysing (i) the
vaccine candidate itself and (ii) antigen - specific immune responses in the serum of patients or immunised animals.
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.
The objective of the current proposal is to fully characterize an additional
vaccine candidate, Clone 10
using the infrastructure and expertise of the Center for International Health Research at Rhode Island Hospital / Brown University and the University of Rhode Island.
One potential
use of the
vaccine candidate Stamatatos is developing would be to combine it with this or other
vaccine candidates, adding to the effect of each.
The availability of a new and improved P. cynomolgi reference genome sequence will enable in - depth studies of this widely
used model parasite, including investigations into dormant stages and the selection of new drug targets and
vaccine candidates.
We discovered PfSEA - 1
using our whole proteome differential screening method in a search for new
vaccine candidates for pediatric falciparum malaria.
In parallel, scientists with the P5 have been developing, analyzing and selecting protein components of the
vaccine candidates for
use in planned studies.
Research Trials The HVTN also plans to test other HIV
vaccine regimens in Southern Africa in a parallel research track
using multiple
vaccine candidates.
«This isn't the first time that one of the ebolavirus
candidate vaccines has been
used to try to prevent infection following accidental exposure.
A report of the complete genome sequence of Neisseria meningitidis — the bacteria responsible for meningitis and septicemia — is actually accompanied by a report describing how scientists
used the data to find
vaccine candidates for groups B N. meningitidis.
Here we report the
use of a liposomal
vaccine for the generation of a monoclonal antibody with particular characteristics that makes it a valuable tool for fundamental studies as well as a
candidate antibody for diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
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.
2015 — Began a new Ebola
vaccine study in Abuja, Nigeria,
using a monovalent chimpanzee adenovirus Type 3 (ChAd3)
candidate developed at the NIAID and being developed by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the study sponsor.
Although the efficacy in the Thai study was not high enough to warrant the
vaccine's
use as a public health tool, the results are helping scientists develop more effective HIV
vaccine candidates.
In 2010, we formally demonstrated ADE by developing a mouse mode of ADE - mediated disease, and we began to dissect the contribution of humoral vs. cellular immune components in dengue
vaccine - mediated protection
using model
vaccine candidates as tools to probe the mechanisms by which the
vaccine - induced immune responses in mice contribute to protection vs. ADE.
Preclinical studies of
vaccine candidates have typically shown post-infection virologic control, but protection against acquisition of infection has previously only been reported
using less rigorous viral challenges.
Set of basic assays to address a
vaccine candidate antigens size, purity, quantity assembly status (multimers and / or aggregates), and integrity
using analytical PAGE, SEC, FPLC / HPLC methods.
TBVAC2020
uses standardised, head - to - head models for the screening of promising
vaccine candidates in independent laboratories.
Among other things, it features articles on new developments in HIV cure research, recent studies that show promise but also possible pitfalls of
using adenovirus vectors in HIV
vaccine candidates, and the funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
The Delta VP30 technology has been approved by the National Institutes of Health for
use under Biosafety Level 2 conditions and has been utilized safely for a decade to study the basic biology of the virus, identify potential antiviral compound
candidates, and make the whole - virus
vaccine.
To compile a more comprehensive library of recombinant proteins representing the repertoire of P. falciparum merozoite extracellular proteins for systematic
vaccine and functional studies, genome - wide expression profiling was
used to identify additional
candidates.
IAVI launched the Neutralizing Antibody Consortium (NAC) in 2002 to study the molecular structure and biochemistry of known broadly neutralizing antibodies and to
use this information to design (reverse engineer) potentially powerful AIDS
vaccine candidates.
In January 2006, VaxGen granted to GSID a worldwide license to research, develop, manufacture, register,
use, market, import, offer for sale, and sell its HIV
vaccine candidates, including the AIDSVAX B / E
vaccine.
VXGN has other potentially valuable assets, including a «a state - of - the - art biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility with a 1,000 - liter bioreactor that can be
used to make cell culture or microbial biologic products» and rights to specified percentages of future net sales relating to its anthrax
vaccine product
candidate and related technology.
VXGN has other potentially valuable assets, including a «state - of - the - art biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility with a 1,000 - liter bioreactor that can be
used to make cell culture or microbial biologic products» and rights to specified percentages of future net sales relating to its anthrax
vaccine product
candidate and related technology.
Dr. Ben Stading, a veterinarian, public health specialist and PhD
candidate at the University of Wisconsin — Madison, is investigating the
use of topical delivery of
vaccines in a gel or paste that bats will ingest when grooming themselves.