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Sunday, 16 December 2012
Liposomes
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A liposome is an artificially-prepared vesicle composed of a lipid bilayer. The liposome can be used as a vehicle for administrati...
Virus-like-particles or virosomes
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Virus-like particles (VLPs) and virosomes, have been developed depending on the nature of the viral pathogen to be targeted and the type...
Antigens
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In immunology, an antigen is a substance that evokes the production of one or more antibodies. Each antibody binds to a specific antigen...
DNA vaccines & gene therapy (some animal vaccines, vaccines in development)
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Gene therapy is related to vaccines, although the products are mostly intended for therapeutic use, and involves delivering DNA to the ta...
Saturday, 15 December 2012
Polysaccharide vaccines and conjugates (ex. Hib and Pneumococcal vaccines)
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The steps in the production of conjugate vaccines can be summarized as follows: Protein production: fermentation of host organi...
Recombinant Protein vaccines (ex. Hepatitis B and HPV)
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Many vaccines are being developed based on the ability of proteins to invoke an immune response. Some traditional vaccines are protein to...
Microbial vaccines and toxoids (ex. DTaP)
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Microbial vaccines are most frequently comprised of the cell wall components that allow the immune system to recognize the whole organi...
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