Clinical trials were recently conducted and proved promising for a Lyme Disease vaccine developed by science researchers at Stony Brook University. The vaccine proved to produce a large number of antibodies against all targeted species of Borrelia, which causes Lyme Disease in Europe and the United States. Baxter International S.A., who worked with Stony Brook University researchers to develop the vaccine, conducted the clinical trials.
“After a series of experimentations and refinements, formulations consisting of these new OspA proteins were shown to protect against a broad spectrum of Lyme disease spirochetes,” said Dr. Luft, a co-author on the paper.
According to a Stony Brook University news article, Dr. Luft, also the Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine at Stony Brook University, has been working with the late John Dunn, Ph.D. since the 1990s to develop the original vaccine antigen concept. Researchers at Baxter helped Dr. Luft to bioengineer the exact vaccine that was tested in the clinical trials.
“The results of the clinical trial conducted by Baxter are promising because the vaccine generated a potent human immune reaction, covered the complete range of Borrelia active in the entire Northern hemisphere, and produced no major side effects,” said Dr. Luft. “We hope that a larger-scale, Phase 3 trial will demonstrate not only a strong immune response but true efficacy in a large population that illustrates protection against Lyme disease.”
Dr. Luft
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In addition to conducting significant studies and clinical trials in the life sciences, Stony Brook University receives a wealth of NIH and NSF funding that may interest lab suppliers marketing life science products and making laboratory sales. In 2012, the NIH awarded Stony Brook University $59.3 million in research funding. For a full list of departments receiving funding, organized by department name, number of awards received and total funding awarded, please visit the NIH website.
Stony Brook University also received $22.1 million from the NSF in 2012. The research funding was given out to projects in various life science disciplines. For a full list of projects in life science fields receiving funding, organized by funding organization, project title and total funding awarded, please visit the NSF website.
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