US 5,212,057 A · Biological system for constructing and testing viral vaccines

Abstract

Disclosed is a novel biological system for 1) the evaluation of potential complications of live virus vaccines prior to actual testing in animals or in the field, and 2) the construction of vaccine vectors in which the ability to grow within specific organs or tissues has selectively been eliminated from the virus.

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Dependent claims

A biologically pure culture of a rabbit poxvirus denoted RP.mu.hr23 HA.sup.+.

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Facts

Application

07/455,483Filed 22 Dec 1989 · continuation in part

Priority

26 Oct 1988

Granted

18 May 1993

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

C12N 15/86
For animal cells: viral vectors
C12P 7/00
Preparation of oxygen-containing organic compounds
C12Q 1/70
Measuring or testing processes involving enzymes, nucleic acids or microorganisms ; Compositions therefor; Processes of preparing such…
C12N 2710/24143
Use of virus, viral particle or viral elements as a vector: viral genome or elements thereof as genetic vector

Biological system for constructing and testing viral vaccines

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Biological system for constructing and testing viral vaccines

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