Nonreplicating synthetic mRNA vaccines: A journey through the European (Journal of Immunology) history.
Eur J Immunol
; 53(7): e2249941, 2023 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2301549
ABSTRACT
The first worldwide article reporting that injections of synthetic nonreplicating mRNA could be used as a vaccine, which originated from a French team located in Paris, was published in the European Journal of Immunology (EJI) in 1993. It relied on work conducted by several research groups in a handful of countries since the 1960s, which put forward the precise description of eukaryotic mRNA and the method to reproduce this molecule in vitro as well as how to transfect it into mammalian cells. Thereafter, the first industrial development of this technology began in Germany in 2000, with the founding of CureVac, which stemmed from another description of a synthetic mRNA vaccine published in EJI in 2000. The first clinical studies investigating mRNA vaccines in humans were performed as collaboration between CureVac and the University of Tübingen in Germany as early as 2003. Finally, the first worldwide approved mRNA vaccine (an anti-COVID-19 vaccine) is based on the mRNA technologies developed by BioNTech since its 2008 foundation in Mainz, Germany, and earlier by the pioneering academic work of its founders. In addition to the past, present, and future of mRNA-based vaccines, the article aims to present the geographical distribution of the early work, how the development of the technology was implemented by several independent and internationally distributed research teams, as well as the controversies on the optimal way to design or formulate and administer mRNA vaccines.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vaccines, Synthetic
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COVID-19 Vaccines
Type of study:
Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Randomized controlled trials
Topics:
Vaccines
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Eur J Immunol
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Eji.202249941
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