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ReviewNPJ systems biology and applications2023

Harnessing synthetic biology for advancing RNA therapeutics and vaccine design.

Blaine A Pfeifer, Marie Beitelshees, Andrew Hill, Justin Bassett, Charles H Jones

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Review in NPJ systems biology and applications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Blaine A PfeiferDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Marie BeitelsheesPfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, NY, 10001, USA.
Andrew HillPfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, NY, 10001, USA.
Justin BassettDepartment of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA.
Charles H JonesPfizer, 66 Hudson Boulevard, New York, NY, 10001, USA. Charles.jones@pfizer.com.ORCID 0009-0004-0368-6463

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent global events have drawn into focus the diversity of options for combatting disease across a spectrum of prophylactic and therapeutic approaches. The recent success of the mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines has paved the way for RNA-based treatments to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. However, historical treatment options are continuously updated and reimagined in the context of novel technical developments, such as those facilitated through the application of synthetic biology. When it comes to the development of genetic forms of therapies and vaccines, synthetic biology offers diverse tools and approaches to influence the content, dosage, and breadth of treatment with the prospect of economic advantage provided in time and cost benefits. This can be achieved by utilizing the broad tools within this discipline to enhance the functionality and efficacy of pharmaceutical agent sequences. This review will describe how synthetic biology principles can augment RNA-based treatments through optimizing not only the vaccine antigen, therapeutic construct, therapeutic activity, and delivery vector. The enhancement of RNA vaccine technology through implementing synthetic biology has the potential to shape the next generation of vaccines and therapeutics.

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RNASynthetic BiologyCOVID-19 VaccinesHumansCOVID-19 VaccinesRNA

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PMID38036580
PMCPMC10689799

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