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ArticleNPJ vaccines2024

A highly immunogenic UVC inactivated Sabin based polio vaccine.

Gregory J Tobin, John K Tobin, Taralyn J Wiggins, Ruth V Bushnell, Arina V Kozar, Matthew F Maale, David A MacLeod, Heather N Meeks, Michael J Daly, Stephen J Dollery

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Article in NPJ vaccines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Gregory J TobinBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA. tobin@bmi-md.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8396-0466
John K TobinBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
Taralyn J WigginsBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
Ruth V BushnellBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
Arina V KozarBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
Matthew F MaaleBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
David A MacLeodBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA.
Heather N MeeksDefense Threat Reduction Agency, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd #6201,Ft, Belvoir, VA, 22060, USA.
Michael J DalyDepartment of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Rd., 20814, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Stephen J DolleryBiological Mimetics Inc., 124 Byte Drive, 21702, Frederick, MD, USA. dollery@bmi-md.com.

Funding

Nonclinical Development of an Improved Polio VaccineR44AI120260 · NIAID · BIOLOGICAL MIMETICS, INC. · PI TOBIN, GREGORY JOHN · 2017 to 2024
$4.4M
NIAID NIH HHS R44 AI120260United States Department of Defense | Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) HDTRA1-17-C-0030U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) 2R44AI120260-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite their efficacy, the currently available polio vaccines, oral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated polio vaccine (IPV), possess inherent flaws posing significant challenges in the global eradication of polio. OPV, which uses live Sabin attenuated strains, carries the risk of reversion to pathogenic forms and causing vaccine-associated paralytic poliomyelitis (VAPP) and vaccine-derived polio disease (VDPD) in incompletely vaccinated or immune-compromised individuals. Conventional IPVs, which are non-replicative, are more expensive to manufacture and introduce biohazard and biosecurity risks due to the use of neuropathogenic strains in production. These types of limitations have led to a call by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and others for the development of updated polio vaccines. We are developing a novel Ultraviolet-C radiation (UVC) inactivation method that preserves immunogenicity and is compatible with attenuated strains of polio. The method incorporates an antioxidant complex, manganese-decapeptide-phosphate (MDP), derived from the radioresistant bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans. The inclusion of MDP protects the immunogenic neutralizing epitopes from damage during UVC inactivation. The novel vaccine candidate, ultraIPV

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PMID39543143
PMCPMC11564903

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