Protective antigen composite nanofibers as a transdermal anthrax vaccine

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1040-1043

  Knockenhauer, Kevin E ^a   Sawicka, Katarzyna M ^b   Roemer, Elizabeth J ^a   Simon, Sanford R ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Francis Hospital The Heart Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGENS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; HEALTH RISKS; NANOFIBERS; PROTEINS; VACCINES;

ANTIBODY RECOGNITION; COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES; PROTECTIVE ANTIGENS;

DISEASES;

ANTHRAX VACCINE; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; DRUG CARRIER; NANOMATERIAL; STREPTOCOCCAL PROTECTIVE ANTIGEN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SCREENING; MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANTHRAX VACCINES; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; APOPTOSIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; DRUG CARRIERS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 61849143700     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649337     Document Type: Conference Paper

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