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Inactivating SARS‐CoV‐2 Virus with MOF‐Composites as Smart Face Masks

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
In situ preparation and functionalization of MOF@Cotton fabrics as smart face masks for the immobilization of proteins and inactivation viruses, such as SARS‐CoV‐2. Abstract The significant impact of the SARS‐CoV‐2 (COVID‐19) pandemic outbreak on people's lives has highlighted the urgent need for effective personal protective equipment.
Romy Ettlinger, Aamod V. Desai, Hau Lam Jody Cheong, Louise L. Major, Terry K. Smith, Aaron B. Naden, Jane Hilton, Catherine S. Adamson, A. Robert Armstrong, Russell E. Morris   +9 more
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Progress towards meningitis prevention in the conjugate vaccines era

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Acute bacterial meningitis is an important cause of morbidity and mortality among children less than five years old. Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis are the most important agents of bacterial meningitis in ...
Cristina Aparecida Borges Laval, Fabiana Cristina Pimenta, João Guimarães de Andrade, Soraya S. Andrade, Ana Lucia S. S. de Andrade   +4 more
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How the Knowledge of Interactions between Meningococcus and the Human Immune System Has Been Used to Prepare Effective Neisseria meningitidis Vaccines

Journal of Immunology Research, 2015
In the last decades, tremendous advancement in dissecting the mechanisms of pathogenicity of Neisseria meningitidis at a molecular level has been achieved, exploiting converging approaches of different disciplines, ranging from pathology to microbiology,
R. Gasparini, D. Panatto, N. L. Bragazzi, P. L. Lai, A. Bechini, M. Levi, P. Durando, D. Amicizia   +7 more
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Herd Protection against Meningococcal Disease through Vaccination

Microorganisms, 2020
Reduction in the transmission of Neisseria meningitidis within a population results in fewer invasive disease cases. Vaccination with meningococcal vaccines composed of high weight capsular polysaccharide without carrier proteins has minimal effect ...
Stephen A. Clark, Ray Borrow
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Development of a novel glycoengineering platform for the rapid production of conjugate vaccines

Microbial Cell Factories, 2023
Conjugate vaccines produced either by chemical or biologically conjugation have been demonstrated to be safe and efficacious in protection against several deadly bacterial diseases.
Sherif Abouelhadid, Elizabeth R. Atkins, Emily J. Kay, Ian J. Passmore, Simon J. North, Burhan Lehri, Paul Hitchen, Eirik Bakke, Mohammed Rahman, Janine T. Bossé, Yanwen Li, Vanessa S. Terra, Paul R. Langford, Anne Dell, Brendan W. Wren, Jon Cuccui   +15 more
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Comparing the immune response to a novel intranasal nanoparticle PLGA vaccine and a commercial BPI3V vaccine in dairy calves [PDF]

, 2015
peer-reviewedBackground There is a need to improve vaccination against respiratory pathogens in calves by stimulation of local immunity at the site of pathogen entry at an early stage in life. Ideally such a vaccine preparation would not be inhibited by
A Menanteau-Horta, A Vila, AR Peters, B Morein, B Morein, Bernadette Earley, BJF Bradshaw, BM Adair, Bryan Markey, C Pilette, CA Siegrist, CX Song, DG Bryson, DP Greenberg, EM Liebler-Tenorio, F Alexis, F Mansoor, Fawad Mansoor, FM Buonaguro, HM Chen, I Vangeel, J Phillips, J Pollock, JE Crowe, Joseph P. Cassidy, JS Salt, K Tahara, KJ Wiechelman, M Garinot, M Higaki, Michael D. Welsh, ML Hans, MS Lee, OV Kavanagh, PE Shewen, PK Smith, PR Wood, RE Brown, RM Zinkernagel, S Lofthouse, Simon Doherty, TG Kimman, YJ Kwon   +42 more
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Fully Synthetic Self-Adjuvanting α-2,9-Oligosialic Acid Based Conjugate Vaccines against Group C Meningitis

ACS Central Science, 2016
α-2,9-Polysialic acid is an important capsular polysaccharide expressed by serotype C Neisseria meningitidis. Its protein conjugates are current vaccines against group C meningitis. To address some concerns about traditional protein conjugate vaccines, a
Guochao Liao, Zhifang Zhou, S. Suryawanshi, M. Mondal, Zhongwu Guo   +4 more
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Development of Next Generation Streptococcus pneumoniae Vaccines Conferring Broad Protection

Vaccines, 2020
Streptococcus pneumoniae is a major pathogen causing pneumonia with over 2 million deaths annually, especially in young children and the elderly. To date, at least 98 different pneumococcal capsular serotypes have been identified. Currently, the vaccines
M. Masomian, Zuleeza Ahmad, Lai Ti Gew, C. Poh   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ice Lithography: Recent Progress Opens a New Frontier of Opportunities

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
This review focuses on recent advancements in ice lithography, including breakthroughs in compatible precursors and substrates, processes and applications, hardware, and digital methods. Moreover, it offers a roadmap to uncover innovation opportunities for ice lithography in fields such as biological, nanoengineering and microsystems, biophysics and ...
Bingdong Chang, Gwendoline A. E. Anand, Rubaiyet Haque, Dylan A. Chiaro, Mona Sharma, Andrew R. Williams, Frank Niklaus, Daryl W. Yee, Gavin M. King, Anpan Han   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Toll Like Receptor-Targeting Glycoconjugate Vaccines

Molecules, 2018
Many malignant cell surface carbohydrates resulting from abnormal glycosylation patterns of certain diseases can serve as antigens for the development of vaccines against these diseases.
Qingjiang Li, Zhongwu Guo
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