Byrn Lectures Flashcards
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Polio Vaccine
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- brought to public in 1955
- bore a Lilly label
- Polio cases dropped from 1000’s to 53
2
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4 Types of COVID Vaccines
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mRNA
Vector
Protein Subunit
Whole, killed
3
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mRNA
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- used by Pfizer, Moderna
- mRNA used to instruct cells to make a piece of spike protein
- coated in fatty lipids to protect it
4
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Vector
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- used by Janssen, AstraZeneca, Sputnik
- used adenoviruses to carry genetic instructions for spike protein
- attach to cells and inject DNA to tell cells to make spike protein
5
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Protein Subunit
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- used by Novavax, Sanofi
- get small pieces of the target virus circulating into the system by engineering insect viruses used to infect moths that the cells are used then to create spike protein
6
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Whole, Killed
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- used by Sinovac
- batches of the virus are grown and then killed using chemicals or heat
7
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Novavax COVID/FLU combo Vaccine
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- launched a phase 1/2 trial
- tested in 640 healthy adults aged 50-70
- must have been injected by COVID-19 or vaccinated
8
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Stability of RNA
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-70 degrees is stable at this temperature over 32 days
RT is degraded over 32 days (can be thawed for an hour and be given at RT safely without degradation)
9
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Ionizable Lipids
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- capsulate RNA in lipids to prevent being hydrolyzed
- positive charged at acidic at pH
- neutral in the blood
10
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Ionizable Cationic Lipid
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ALC-0315 (Pfizer) & SM-102 (Moderna) at a pH of 6.2-6.4
11
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Helper Lipids
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DSPC, Cholesterol, Zwitterionic at pH of 7.5
12
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PEG-Lipid
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ALC-0159 (Pfizer) & PEG-DMG (Moderna)
13
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Manufacture
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- dissolve lipids in ethanol in solution 1
- dissolve nucleic acid (RNA) in buffer in solution 2
- mix the two solutions together
- FORMS LIPID NANOPARTICLES (dense)
14
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Moderna Patent
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- Luciferase: protein in lightening bugs
- recognition tactic to show if the mRNA was formed
- cationic lipid + DSPC + cholesterol + PEG-lipid
- diluted to 0.2 mg/ml in a citrate buffer and then the ethanol was mixed with RNA.
- Ethanol was then removed and replaced with PBS by dialysis
- Ratio
50:10:38:1.5 - Total Lipid:RNA ratio
10:1
15
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Microfluidics
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- inject 3 green tubes injecting drug into plate making the nanoparticle
16
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Solute
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material being dissolved
typically a solid