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Gene Therapy

New gene therapy study findings have been published by scientists at Duke University, Human Vaccine Institute

Published in Vaccine Weekly, December 31st, 2008

New research, 'Comparison of multiple vaccine vectors in a single heterologous prime-boost trial,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from the United States, "The prevention of infectious disease via prophylactic immunization is a mainstay of global public health efforts. Vaccine design would be facilitated by a better understanding of the type and durability of immune responses generated by different vaccine vectors."

"We report here the results of a comparative immunogenicity trial of six different vaccine vectors expressing the same insert antigen, cowpox virus B5 (CPXV-B5). Of those vectors tested, recombinant adenovirus (rAd5) was the most...

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