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Immunomic Discovery of Adjuvants and Candidate Subunit Vaccines

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2013
ISBN
978-1-4614-5069-6, 978-1-4614-5070-2
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-5070-2
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3971274 bytes)
Series
Immunomics Reviews: 5
Edition
1
Pages
314\315
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-08-01 04:00:00

Description

This volume will address an important emergent area within the field of immunomics: the discovery of antigens and adjuvants within the context of reverse vaccinology. Conventional approaches to vaccine design and development requires pathogens to be cultivated in the laboratory and the immunogenic molecules within them to be identifiable. Conventional vaccinology is no longer universally successful, particularly for recalcitrant pathogens. By using genomic information we can study vaccine development in silico: 'reverse vaccinology', can identify candidate subunits vaccines by identifying antigenic proteins and by using equally rational approaches to identify novel immune response-enhancing adjuvants.

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