Nature Technology Corp. Announces RapidVACC DNA Vaccine Technology.Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K LINCOLN, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2003 Nature Technology Corporation (NTC NTC Notice NTC National Training Center NTC National Telecommunications Commission NTC National Transport Commission (Australia) NTC Negative Temperature Coefficient NTC Naval Training Center ) today announced the launch of an improved technology for DNA DNA: see nucleic acid. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid One of two types of nucleic acid (the other is RNA); a complex organic compound found in all living cells and many viruses. It is the chemical substance of genes. vaccine delivery. Unlike traditional vaccines, DNA vaccines do not expose patients to pathogens, but rather express one or more genes from the disease agent, along with ancillary genes to program the immune response immune response n. An integrated bodily response to an antigen, especially one mediated by lymphocytes and involving recognition of antigens by specific antibodies or previously sensitized lymphocytes. by the patient. NTC scientists optimized the DNA vaccine delivery platform (vector) to outperform previous state-of-the-art vectors. "Optimized vectors should overcome current technical limitations," said company spokesman, Clague Hodgson, "including effectiveness, safety, and productivity." The NTC vaccines contain novel DNA origins of replication that allow up to 3 times as much vaccine DNA to be produced during per cell - a critical cost and purity enrichment factor for the massive immunizations that will be needed to treat infectious diseases infectious diseases: see communicable diseases. and cancer, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. NTC scientist Jim Williams Jim or Jimmy Williams can refer to: In American football:
"RapidVACC is a new system that allows us to rapidly deploy vaccines from modular genes joined together like Lego toys," Williams added. "This also permitted us to screen and select the best from many possible candidate components, and has resulted in a versatile and efficient vaccine platform that can potentially be applied to many pathogens." Gene Self-Assembly (GENSA(TM)) is NTC's platform technology for rapidly assembling man made DNA molecules. The Food and Drug Administration has published guidelines that served as a starting point Noun 1. starting point - earliest limiting point terminus a quo commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, start, kickoff, first - the time at which something is supposed to begin; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the for Williams' work(1), which will be presented tomorrow at the annual meeting of The American Society for Gene Therapy in Washington, DC. Additional information can be found at:
http://www.natx.com
http://www.natx.com/DNAVACS.html
http://www.natx.com/DNAManufact.html
http://www.natx.com/Plasmid%20Prodution.pdf
(1) http://www.fda.gov/cber/gdlns/plasmid.pdf |
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