日前,在美国亚特兰大举办的2018年美国微生物学会年会上,来自美国生物技术公司GeoVax的科学家们发表了他们最新的研究成果,研究人员开发了一种灵活的即插即用技术平台("Plug and Play" technology platform),其能够帮助运输单剂量疫苗,从而更加完全地保护人们有效抵御新发感染性疾病,比如寨卡病毒、拉沙热和埃博拉病毒等。
Development of vaccines from AIDS to Zika, using a novel plug and play viral platform
Researchers from GeoVax have developed a flexible "Plug and Play" technology platform that delivers single-dose vaccines that fully protect against emerging infectious diseases such as Zika, Lassa fever, and Ebola. The research will be presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held from June 7th to June 11th in Atlanta, Georgia.
"Unlike other vaccine technologies currently available, which sacrifice confidence in success for speed or vice-versa, the GeoVax technology offers a true "Plug and Play" platformapproach that is well suited for use against a wide range of biological threats and amenable to rapid, large-scale production," said Rahul Basu, scientist at GeoVax and lead author on the study.
Vaccines produced in this platform are safe, highly immunogenic, and effective against a wide range of indications. The vaccines are suitable for repeated use, stable at refrigerator temperatures or lyophilized for non-cold chain needle-freeapplication, and amenable to rapid and affordable scale-up for use in both epidemic response and routine vaccination......