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 - The Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine (and many other vaccines) take advantage of gene therapy technology too. 

- This chimpanzee adenoviral vector delivers a gene encoding for a coronavirus coat protein (SARS-CoV-2 Spike) to be expressed for a very short time.

- By introducing this coat protein as a target to immune cells, the vaccine facilitates them to recognise and fight a future coronavirus infection!

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This is one example of how researchers are taking advantage of adenoviral vectors to generate vaccines.

 Adenoviral vectors:

  • Effective and efficient short-term and immunogenic expression.
  • Relatively large gene capacity.
  • Easy to produce high quantities.

 

 Click here to discover how an adenovirus is also being developed to fight cancer!

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Other viral vectors are also being used or developed to treat disease: 

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Find out more about the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine

Find out more about the work of the Gill Hyde Gene Medicine research group at the University of Oxford.