Replicating RNA platform enables rapid response to the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant and elicits enhanced protection in naïve hamsters compared to ancestral vaccine

Summary: Background: In late 2021, the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant of concern (VoC) was reported with many mutations in the viral spike protein that were predicted to enhance transmissibility and allow viral escape of neutralizing antibodies. Within weeks of the first report of B.1.1.529...

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Main Authors: David W. Hawman, Kimberly Meade-White, Chad Clancy, Jacob Archer, Troy Hinkley, Shanna S. Leventhal, Deepashri Rao, Allie Stamper, Matthew Lewis, Rebecca Rosenke, Kyle Krieger, Samantha Randall, Amit P. Khandhar, Linhue Hao, Tien-Ying Hsiang, Alexander L. Greninger, Michael Gale, Jr, Peter Berglund, Deborah Heydenburg Fuller, Kyle Rosenke, Heinz Feldmann, Jesse H. Erasmus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-09-01
Series:EBioMedicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396422003784