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Human Papillomavirus Vaccines
Reports by M. Lidqvist and co-researchers describe recent advances in human papillomavirus vaccines
October 8th, 2008
New research, 'Phage display for site-specific immunization and characterization of high-risk human papillomavirus specific E7 monoclonal antibodies,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Gothenburg, Sweden, "The paper describes a method to use filamentous phage to display specific regions of proteins for immunization in order to direct the immune response towards a pre-defined region of the protein. The method called site-specific immunization (SSI) was evaluated using the E7 protein of oncogenic (high-risk) human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 as a model system." "This protein consists of sequence blocks also present in other viral and cellular...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-08)
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