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Attenuated organisms

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The generation of rationally attenuated genetically modified PRRSV

Research Question

  • To generate organisms that are less virulent in terms of pathological changes that they cause and/or their ability to modulate the host’s immune responses – rationally attenuated vaccine

Research Gaps and Challenges

  • That the organisms are stable and can be produced in cell culture
  • That they still generate a protective response

Solution Routes

  • Generation of infectious cDNA clones
  • Generation and characterisation of a range of rationally attenuated organisms (using codon pair deoptimization)
  • Immune response to the attenuated organisms

Dependencies

  • Identity of Virulence factors and their genes
  • Identity of immunomodulators