Compositions and methods for preventing and treating coronavirus infection—SARS-CoV-2 vaccines
US11384122B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2800/22
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The invention relates to immunogenic compositions and vaccines containing a coronavirus (e.g., Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV; also referred to as SARS-CoV-2)) protein or a polynucleotide encoding a coronavirus (e.g., Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV; SARS-CoV-2)) protein and uses thereof. The invention also provides methods of treating and/or preventing a coronavirus (e.g., Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV; SARS-CoV-2)) infection by administering an immunogenic composition or vaccine to a subject (e.g., a human). The invention also provides methods of detecting and/or monitoring a protective anti-coronavirus (e.g., Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV; SARS-CoV-2)) antibody response (e.g., anti-coronavirus antibody response, e.g., anti-2019-nCoV antibody response, e.g., anti-Spike antibody response, e.g., anti-Spike neutralizing antibody response). The present invention relates to isolated nucleic and/or recombinant nucleic acid encoding a coronavirus S protein, in particular a SARS-CoV-2 S protein, and to the coronavirus S proteins, as well as to the use of the nucleic acids and/or proteins thereof in vaccines.
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