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NY Blood Center Receives Funding to Develop MERS Vaccine

by Global Biodefense Staff
January 22, 2014

NYBC’s Laboratory of Viral Immunology at its Lindsley F. Kimball Research Institute has received a significant grant to continue development of a vaccine against Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) – one of the most dangerous emerging viruses.  Lanying Du., Ph.D., Co-head of the laboratory, was awarded more than $400,000 for this program.

MERS-CoV is a novel coronavirus causing outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)-like illness in the Middle East andEurope. As of January 3, 2014, the World Health Organization had been informed of a total of 177 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV, including 74 deaths.  Because of its human-to-human transmissibility and high mortality rate (42%), MERS-CoV was called “a threat to the entire world” by Dr. Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO at the 66th World Health Assembly in Geneva.  The Obama administration designated MERS-CoV a threat to public health and national security, and authorized the fast-tracking of approvals of tests and treatments for MERS-CoV.

Based on NYBC’s previous experience in developing SARS vaccines, the Laboratory of Viral Immunology identified the receptor-binding domain and major neutralizing epitope that can be used for developing an anti-MERS vaccine.  The NIH grant will support further development of this vaccine candidate for prevention of MERS-CoV infection and halting the spread of this deadly virus.  InAugust 2013, Nature Medicine identified NYBC as among the pioneers in MERS-CoV vaccine research.

Source: New York Blood Center

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