Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33740454›Full record

ReviewCell2021

Novel approaches for vaccine development.

Makda S Gebre, Luis A Brito, Lisa H Tostanoski, Darin K Edwards, Andrea Carfi, Dan H Barouch

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Review in Cell, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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198citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

198 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Vaccines for preventing infections in adults with solid tumours.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025
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  20. Beyond Antibiotics: Alternative Strategies TargetingExpert reviews in molecular medicine · 2026
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138 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Makda S GebreCenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Luis A BritoModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Lisa H TostanoskiCenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Darin K EdwardsModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA.
Andrea CarfiModerna, Inc., Cambridge, MA, USA; Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: andrea.carfi@modernatx.com.
Dan H BarouchCenter for Virology and Vaccine Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu.

Funding

Project 2U19AI128751 · NIAID · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROUCH, DAN H. · 2018 to 2022
$14.0M
Multidisciplinary HIV Training ProgramT32AI007387 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Daniel R. Kuritzkes · 1990 to 2026
$8.8M
Immunologic Signatures of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination and DiseaseU01CA260476 · NCI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI BAROUCH, DAN H. · 2020 to 2024
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS U01 CA260476NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007387NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI128751
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaccines are critical tools for maintaining global health. Traditional vaccine technologies have been used across a wide range of bacterial and viral pathogens, yet there are a number of examples where they have not been successful, such as for persistent infections, rapidly evolving pathogens with high sequence variability, complex viral antigens, and emerging pathogens. Novel technologies such as nucleic acid and viral vector vaccines offer the potential to revolutionize vaccine development as they are well-suited to address existing technology limitations. In this review, we discuss the current state of RNA vaccines, recombinant adenovirus vector-based vaccines, and advances from biomaterials and engineering that address these important public health challenges.

Indexed as

AdenoviridaeAnimalsAntigens, ViralBiocompatible MaterialsCOVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesDrug Delivery SystemsGenetic VectorsHumansImmunogenicity, VaccineLiposomesmRNA VaccinesNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerSARS-CoV-2Vaccines, SyntheticAntigens, ViralBiocompatible MaterialsCOVID-19 VaccinesLipid NanoparticlesLiposomesmRNA VaccinesRNA, MessengerVaccines, Synthetic

Identifiers

PMID33740454
PMCPMC8049514

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