Malaria Vaccine
Displacement in 6725 SERA peptide analogue protects against malaria
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 23rd, 2004
"The protein called serine repeat antigen (SERA) is a P. falciparum malaria antigen; high activity erythrocyte binding peptides have been identified in this protein. One of these, the 6725 peptide (non-immunogenic and non-protective), was analyzed for immunogenicity and protective activity in Aotus monkeys, together with several of its analogues," investigators in Colombia report.
"These peptides were studied by (HNMR)-H-1 to try to correlate their structure with their biological function,"...
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