Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Self-amplifying RNA SARS-CoV-2 lipid nanoparticle vaccine candidate induces high neutralizing antibody titers in mice

  • Paul F. McKay,
  • Kai Hu,
  • Anna K. Blakney,
  • Karnyart Samnuan,
  • Jonathan C. Brown,
  • Rebecca Penn,
  • Jie Zhou,
  • Clément R. Bouton,
  • Paul Rogers,
  • Krunal Polra,
  • Paulo J. C. Lin,
  • Christopher Barbosa,
  • Ying K. Tam,
  • Wendy S. Barclay,
  • Robin J. Shattock

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17409-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Here, the authors develop a self-amplifying RNA encoding the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein encapsulated within a lipid nanoparticle as a vaccine candidate and show induction of neutralization antibody titers in mice that are comparable to titers in convalescent sera of patients.