Abstract: Provided herein are a Heartland virus vaccine composition including a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) including an open reading frame (ORF) encoding Gn or Gc of Heartland virus, a Heartland virus vaccine composition comprising a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) comprising an open reading frame (ORF) encoding Gn or Gc of Heartland virus fused with human collagen type I alpha 1 (COL1A1) signal peptide, and a method of inducing immune response against Heartland virus by administering an effective amount of the Heartland virus vaccine composition to a subject in need thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 6, 2023
Publication date:
June 13, 2024
Applicants:
Vernagen, LLC, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Servic
Inventors:
Baek KIM, Jack Yoon, David Pak, Claire Yuhui Huang Kinney
Abstract: Provided herein are a shingles vaccine composition including a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) including an open reading frame (ORF) encoding varicella Zoster virus (VZV) glycoprotein E (gE)(which is soluble VZV gE or full-length VZV gE) and a method of inducing immune response against Shingles by administering an effective amount of the Shingles vaccine composition to a subject in need thereof.