[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, vaccine development technologies, and significant efforts in vaccine development during the pandemic: the lessons learned might …

C Chakraborty, M Bhattacharya, K Dhama - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
We are currently approaching three years since the beginning of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. SARS-CoV-2 has caused extensive disruptions in everyday …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteriophage T4 head: structure, assembly, and genome packaging

VB Rao, A Fokine, Q Fang, Q Shao - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bacteriophage (phage) T4 has served as an extraordinary model to elucidate biological
structures and mechanisms. Recent discoveries on the T4 head (capsid) structure, portal …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered reporter phages for detection of Escherichia coli, Enterococcus, and Klebsiella in urine

S Meile, J Du, S Staubli, S Grossmann… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The rapid detection and species-level differentiation of bacterial pathogens facilitates
antibiotic stewardship and improves disease management. Here, we develop a rapid …

Bacteriophage T4 as a Protein-Based, Adjuvant-and Needle-Free, Mucosal Pandemic Vaccine Design Platform

J Zhu, P Tao, AK Chopra, VB Rao - Annual Review of Virology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed vaccinology. Rapid deployment of mRNA
vaccines has saved countless lives. However, these platforms have inherent limitations …

[HTML][HTML] Design of bacteriophage T4-based artificial viral vectors for human genome remodeling

J Zhu, H Batra, N Ananthaswamy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Designing artificial viral vectors (AVVs) programmed with biomolecules that can enter
human cells and carry out molecular repairs will have broad applications. Here, we describe …

A bacteriophage-based, highly efficacious, needle-and adjuvant-free, mucosal COVID-19 vaccine

J Zhu, S Jain, J Sha, H Batra, N Ananthaswamy… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The US Food and Drug Administration-authorized mRNA-and adenovirus-
based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines are intramuscularly injected in two doses and effective in …

Bacteriophage T4 as a nanovehicle for delivery of genes and therapeutics into human cells

VB Rao, J Zhu - Current opinion in virology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ability to deliver therapeutic genes and biomolecules into a human cell and restore a
defective function has been the holy grail of medicine. Adeno-associated viruses and …

Engineered reporter phages for rapid detection of Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp., and Enterococcus spp. in urine

S Meile, J Du, S Staubli, S Grossman, H Koliwer-Brandl… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
The rapid detection and species-level differentiation of bacterial pathogens facilitates
antibiotic stewardship and improves disease management. Here, we develop a rapid …