Nanotechnology in COVID-19 Vaccines
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-020-6_3How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- SARS-COV-2; Vaccines; Infectious Diseases; Nanotechnology; mRNA vaccine
- Abstract
Nanotechnology has been proposed in vaccine development as carriers and adjuvants time and again but received limited recognition before the development of vaccines for the COVID-19 pandemic. Nanotechnology has played a pivotal role in the triumph of the vaccines for the current pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The first vaccine got approved within a year of the earliest reported case of the novel coronavirus. Presently, more than 35 vaccines are approved in at least one country, 10 out of which are sanctioned for emergency use by the WHO. The key categories include peptide vaccine, mRNA vaccine, inactivated & viral vector vaccines. Nanotechnology is a crucial component in the success of mRNA vaccines. Nanoparticles not only allow targeted drug delivery but also boost the pharmacokinetic profile and the immune response against the therapeutic. A few nanoparticles have received approval for use as adjuvants (MF59), and countless others (virosomes, PGLA) are under development for many vaccines for infectious diseases, for instance, Influenza, Hepatitis B, Human Papillomavirus, Malaria, Tuberculosis, etc. In this article, we will review the vaccines available against SARS-CoV-2 with a focus on the nanotechnology utilized in their development.
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TY - CONF AU - Ananya Jain AU - Shilpa Sharma PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/14 TI - Nanotechnology in COVID-19 Vaccines BT - Proceedings of the conference BioSangam 2022: Emerging trends in Biotechnology (BIOSANGAM 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 14 EP - 26 SN - 2468-5747 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-020-6_3 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-020-6_3 ID - Jain2022 ER -