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. Ed(S): Saltzman, Mark W.; Shen, Hong; Brandsma, Janet L. - DNA Vaccines - 9781588294845 - V9781588294845
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DNA Vaccines

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Description for DNA Vaccines Hardback. Reviews methods in DNA vaccine technology, with chapters describing DNA vaccine design, delivery systems, adjuvants, applications, methods of production, and quality control. This work contains detailed practical procedures on DNA vaccine technology. Editor(s): Saltzman, Mark W.; Shen, Hong; Brandsma, Janet L. Series: Methods in Molecular Biology. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: MJCM; MMFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 790.
In the early 1990s, almost 200 yr after Edward Jenner demonstrated the effectiveness of the smallpox vaccine, a new paradigm for vaccination emerged. The conventional method of vaccination required delivery of whole pathogens or structural subunits, but in this new approach, DNA or genetic information was administered to elicit an immunological response. Once it was observed that plasmid DNA delivered in vivo led to production of an encoded transgene (1), two ground-breaking studies demonstrated that immunological responses could be generated against antigenic transgenes via plasmid DNA delivered by DNA vaccination (as this approach is called) (2,3). The appe- ance of ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Methods in Molecular Biology
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588294845
SKU
V9781588294845
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From the reviews: "...does an excellent job of describing the current methodologies in their development, what clinical benefit can be expected, and what is known of their mode of action...has thoroughly covered the current state of the art." -Antiviral Research "The present book contains 41 chapters by experts in the field not only describing the state-of-the-art thinking ... Read more

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