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DNA Research
New DNA research study findings have been published by scientists at Zhejiang University
October 29th, 2008
According to a study from Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, "The protective immune response against porcine circovirus 2 (1 infection in mice was characterized using flow cytometric analysis (FCM), assays of antibody (of different IgG isotypes) and viraemia, and histopathological examination. An open reading frame 2 plasmid (pORF2) and the capsid protein (Cap) of i were used as DNA and subunit vaccines, respectively." "In FCM analysis, although pORF2 and Cap alone showed comparable efficacy in eliciting lymphoproliferative responses and Cap-specific CD4+ T cells, i was superior to the Cap protein in triggering CD8+ T cells. A virus neutralization assay showed that i...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2008-10-29)
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