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ArticleFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2020

Low-Cost, Large-Scale Production of the Anti-viral Lectin Griffithsin.

John S Decker, Romel Menacho-Melgar, Michael D Lynch

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Article in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  11. Plant lectins as prospective antiviral biomolecules in the search for COVID-19 eradication strategies.Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie · 2022
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  14. An algal lectin griffithsin inhibits Hantaan virus infectionFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John S DeckerDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Romel Menacho-MelgarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.
Michael D LynchDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States.

Funding

University Training Program in Biomolecular & Tissue EngineeringT32GM008555 · NIGMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI GERSBACH, CHARLES A. · 1994 to 2021
$8.1M
Rapid diagnosis and quantification of HIV by direct capture, labelling and detection of individual virionsR61AI140485 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI CHILKOTI, ASHUTOSH, LYNCH, MICHAEL DAVID · 2019 to 2021
$1.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R61 AI140485NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008555
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Griffithsin, a broad-spectrum antiviral lectin, has potential to prevent and treat numerous viruses including HIV, HCV, HSV, SARS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. For these indications, the annual demand for Griffithsin could reach billions of doses and affordability is paramount. We report the lab-scale validation of a bioprocess that supports production volumes of >20 tons per year at a cost of goods sold below $3,500/kg. Recombinant expression in engineered

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antiviralbiologics manufacturingdownstream recoverygriffithsinSARS-CoV-2

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PMID32974328
PMCPMC7471252

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