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Homogeneous Glycoconjugate Produced by Combined Unnatural Amino Acid Incorporation and Click-Chemistry for Vaccine Purposes
Published on: December 19, 2020
Glycoconjugates: What It Would Take To Master These Well-Known yet Little-Understood Immunogens for Vaccine
Fikri Avci1, Francesco Berti2, Peter Dull3
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
Abstract:
Glycoconjugate vaccines are a critical component of the medical arsenal against infectious diseases. This established field continues, however, to experience failures in the clinic. The lack of fundamental understanding of factors controlling clinical efficacy of glycoconjugate vaccines is discussed while key parameters demanding focused and collaborative research are identified.
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