a group of Scientists from Ege University in Western Turkish Province of Izmir completed preclinical work on DNA Vaccine against Corona Virus. The vaccine is among the small number of locally developed Punches under development in Turkey rolled out it’s a first Turkovac vaccine, last year.
Professor Adnan Yuksel Goruz, director of The Center for Vaccine Applications, Research and Development at Ege University said they are working on Serum development Since 2007 in Other fields and switched from an anti-parasitic vaccine to an anti-COVID-19 vaccine in March 2020, the month Turkey announced its publication first Corona virus cases.
Council for Scientific and Technological Research of Turkey fast-Track our order for Serum development and supported us. at one yearWe have made improvement of the vaccine for Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) We are able of Producer up to 2000 doses of Serum. We called a company for help in He told Anadolu Agency (PBUH). on Thursday. Goruz said animal trials were promising results Confirming the long-term effectiveness of the vaccine. Our data shows that you can provide protection up to two years with The third dose.
There are only a few DNA vaccines against Corona virus in The world. Which of them depends mostly on The messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines, the inactive vaccines, and the jabs that work on Other antiviral drugs technologies. became India first Country to approve DNA vaccine last year While many others countries be also develop their own version of the vaccine.
DNA vaccines are mainly used for Animal health but animal testing of Several DNA-based vaccines have proven that they can stimulate protein production in The body any in In turn produces an antibody response, crucial for Fight infections. Several DNA vaccines have received approval worldwide in 2000s, including vaccine for horses for West Nile Virus, Canine Vaccine, etc. However, several studies have shown that DNA-based vaccines are less effective than mRNA vaccines such as more Doses needed to stimulate the immune response.
Turkey seeks ambitious vaccination program against Corona virus succeeded and brought it down the number of daily cases below 20,000. Over 146 million doses have been administered since program seem in January 2021. Nearly 53 million people They were given two doses of the vaccine. Currently, the country offers the mRNA vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech, the inactive Sinovac CoronaVac and locally developed Turkovac.
