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Building a safer CMV vector
Vaccine vectors based on cytomegalovirus (CMV) show strong T cell induction and protection against a multitude of pathogens. However, CMV can be harmful to people who are immunodeficient or immunosuppressed. Marshall et al. genetically modified rhesus CMV to allow engagement of host intrinsic immunity. The modified ΔRh110 vector did not spread once administered to nonhuman primates but still induced robust T cell immunity. Hansen et al. showed in a simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) challenge model that the ΔRh110 vector provided equivalent protection to the parental vector, enabling control and progressive clearance of virus from more than half of the vaccinated primates. Most protected animals that were rechallenged 3 years later were able to control the second challenge, demonstrating the durability of this vaccine. Mutations in the human CMV vector should lead to a potent but restrained CMV that could be used widely in people.
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