Publications by authors named "C Boggiano"

Elucidating optimal vaccine adjuvants for harnessing age-specific immune pathways to enhance magnitude, breadth, and durability of immunogenicity remains a key gap area in pediatric vaccine design. A better understanding of age-specific adjuvants will inform precision discovery and development of safe and effective vaccines for protecting children from preventable infectious diseases.

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This report summarizes the highlights of a workshop convened by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), on April 4-5, 2022, to provide a discussion forum for sharing insights on the current status, key challenges, and next steps to advance the current landscape of promising adjuvants in preclinical and clinical human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) vaccine studies. A key goal was to solicit and share recommendations on scientific, regulatory, and operational guidelines for bridging the gaps in rational selection, access, and formulation of clinically relevant adjuvants for HIV vaccine candidates. The NIAID Vaccine Adjuvant Program working group remains committed to accentuate promising adjuvants and nurturing collaborations between adjuvant and HIV vaccine developers.

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  • There is an urgent need for better immunization strategies against tuberculosis (TB) than the current BCG vaccine, as clinical development is limited by not having clear immune correlates of protection (CoPs).
  • Two phase 2b clinical trials have been conducted, one examining BCG re-vaccination in adolescents and the other focusing on the M72/AS01 vaccine in adults, both showing partial protection against TB infections.
  • Collaborative research programs aim to identify CoPs against TB using advanced technologies and international expertise, with defined hypotheses on immune responses, a strategic data analysis framework, and plans for exploratory analyses to create new hypotheses.
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As the fourth wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic encircles the globe, there remains an urgent challenge to identify safe and effective treatment and prevention strategies that can be implemented in a range of health care and clinical settings. Substantial advances have been made in the use of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies to mitigate the morbidity and mortality associated with COVID-19. On 15 June 2021, the National Institutes of Health, in collaboration with the U.

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