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Conjugate Vaccines Targeting Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens [PDF]
VaccinesThe surface of cancer cells is covered in abnormal carbohydrate antigens that facilitate tumor growth, immune evasion and metastasis. Overexpressed and often specific to cancer cells, these tumor-associated carbohydrate antigens (TACAs) offer a valuable ...
Nadine Rosenglick +4 more
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Carrier-Protein-Free Pneumococcal Glycoconjugate Vaccines Enabled by SPAAC: Serotype 15C CPS–PADRE Conjugates and the Impact of an RR Cleavage Motif [PDF]
VaccinesBackground/Objectives: Polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccines have proven highly effective, yet they remain limited by manufacturing complexity, cost, and variable performance across serotypes, while carrier proteins can add unwanted immunological and
Huimin Yang +5 more
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Current Scientific Advances in Vaccines Against UTIs: Challenges and Prospects [PDF]
MicroorganismsUrinary Tract Infection (UTI), the second most common infectious disease globally, poses a particularly significant threat to adult female populations. Epidemiological data show that Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is responsible for approximately ...
Baoying Wang +8 more
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Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 2023 Vaccines are cost-effective tools for reducing morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases. The rapid evolution of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, the introduction of tetravalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines, mass vaccination campaigns in ...
Francesca Micoli +4 more
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Vaccines against Meningococcal Diseases
Microorganisms, 2020 Neisseria meningitidis is the main cause of meningitis and sepsis, potentially life-threatening conditions. Thanks to advancements in vaccine development, vaccines are now available for five out of six meningococcal disease-causing serogroups (A, B, C, W,
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On the mechanisms of conjugate vaccines [PDF]
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2018 During the last three decades, the development and commercialization of conjugate vaccines against Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), pneumococcus, and serogroups C, A, W, and Y of meningococcus contributed to the virtual elimination of bacterial meningitis caused by the bacteria included in the vaccines and to the prevention of diseases that used to
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Vaccine hesitancy and receipt of mandatory and optional pediatric vaccines in Shanghai, China
Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Given increased global concern about vaccine hesitancy, this study estimates coverage of mandatory vs non-mandatory vaccines in children, and assesses whether vaccine hesitancy among young parents relates to their childʻs eventual vaccination status in ...
Mengdi Ji +3 more
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iScience, 2022 Summary: Several effective SARS-CoV-2 vaccines have been developed using different technologies. Although these vaccines target the isolates collected early in the pandemic, many have protected against serious illness from newer variants.
Puthupparampil V. Scaria +9 more
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Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, 2019 Facing the availability of the new generation of quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccines (Menveo®, Menactra® and others pending for license) and their recent implementation in Saudi Arabia, experts from 11 countries of the Middle East region met at
Atef Shibl +4 more
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Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2022 Use of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has greatly reduced the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD). V114 (VAXNEUVANCE™, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. a subsidiary of Merck & Co. Inc.
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