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Next generation immunology: the quest for a universal vaccine
Author(s) -
Greener Mark
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prescriber
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.106
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1931-2253
pISSN - 0959-6682
DOI - 10.1002/psb.1546
Subject(s) - reverse vaccinology , medicine , immunology , organism , virology , antigen , biology , genetics , epitope
Until recently, vaccine development involved isolating, inactivating and injecting the pathogen or part of the micro‐organism. However, newer approaches such as reverse vaccinology are facilitating the synthesis of novel vaccine antigens, and may offer hope for a ‘universal vaccine’ in the future.