Merck chose adenovirus, a very serious common cold that can be defanged through genetic manipulation.
The adenovirus used to produce the compound is a relative of the common cold virus.
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Bits of chopped up DNA from the adenovirus, a virus that causes a pretty severe cold.
Richard Gregory , Genzyme's vice president of gene therapy, argues that the company's use of adenovirus is safe.
The adenovirus seems to teach the immune system how to make HIV-fighting cells.
Merck's adenovirus and Aventis' canarypox seem to infect different kinds of immune cells.
It only uses the adenovirus when it's safe and the most effective way of getting those genes where they need to be.
Unlike the University of Pennsylvania study, Genzyme uses adenovirus in very controlled situations, such as when it is confined to an individual muscle.
Gregory argues that Genzyme's use of adenovirus minimizes those risks.
And it is using much less adenovirus than Gelsinger recieved.
Specifically, a conjugate vaccine consisting of a cocaine analog linked to the specific proteins of a nonvirulent adenovirus has been demonstrated to reduce the euphoria of cocaine in a mouse model.
We used special silicone molds produced by our collaborators at THeraject to create the microneedles containing a dried version of a live modified adenovirus-based candidate HIV vaccine in the sugar formulation.
Merck and Aventis will immediately start giving booster shots based on Aventis' current version of the canarypox vaccine to 90 or more patients who have already participated in a test of Merck's adenovirus vaccine.
RSV, which generally circulates from late fall into the early spring, is out there with a myriad of other stuff floating around right now: Human metapneumovirus (hMPV), adenovirus and parainfluenza, all common respiratory viruses, and pertussis, the bacterial disease that causes whooping cough.
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