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One Group's Historical Reflections on DNA Vaccine Development
Ellen F Fynan1, Shan Lu2, Harriet L Robinson3
11 Department of Biology, Worcester State College, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Abstract:
DNA vaccines were pioneered by several groups in the early 1990s. This article presents the reflections of one of these groups on their work with retroviral vectors in chickens that contributed to the discovery and early development of DNA vaccines. Although the findings were initially met with skepticism, the work presented here combined with that of others founded a new method of vaccination: the direct inoculation of purified DNA encoding the target antigen.
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