Disclosed herein are multi-antigenic autologous, cell-based SARS-CoV-2 vaccines comprising autologous antigen presenting cells (APCs) displaying at least two different SARS-CoV-2 antigens. These vaccines can be used to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19. Further disclosed are methods for producing and using the vaccines.

Provided herein are SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles as well as methods and compositions for generating SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles. The SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles can load and deliver transcripts (including engineered transcripts that can include therapeutic agents) into cells expressing SARS-CoV-2 entry factors. The SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles are also useful for detecting immune response in antibodies from subjects.

The invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding an attenuated SARS-CoV-2 or a fragment thereof, wherein the polynucleotide comprises at least 20 one-to-stop codons. The polynucleotide may comprise further modifications and may be comprised in an attenuated SARS-CoV-2. The invention further relates to methods for production of the polynucleotide and pharmaceutical products, e.g. for medical use.

Described herein are compositions of recombinant SARS-CoV-2 constructs and particles that can interfere with or block infection of uninfected cells. The compositions and methods described herein are useful for treatment of SARS-Co V-2 infections. The recombinant SARS-CoV-2 construct cannot replicate by itself, but can replicate in the presence of infective SARS-CoV-2 (e.g., replication competent SARS-CoV-2). Thus, the present application in one aspect provides a recombinant SARS-Co V-2 construct (e.g., SARS-CoV-2 TIP) capable of interfering with SARS-CoV-2 replication, wherein the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 construct cannot replicate by itself, and wherein the recombinant SARS-CoV-2 construct can replicate in the presence of SARS-CoV-2.

The disclosure relates improved self-replicating RNA vectors e.g., for use as a RNA vaccine or therapeutic, and methods of use.

The invention provides competitive particles, such as virus-like particles, RNAs and DNAs for the treatment or prevention of viral infections and methods of using such particles for treating or preventing or reducing the risk of viral infections (or symptoms thereof) in a subject, such as a human or animal subject. For example, the method herein is a method of reducing or reducing the establishment of a zoonotic population of a virus in an animal, such as a livestock or wild animal (eg, a bat, camelid or a Pholidota (eg, a pangolin)).

There are SARS coronavirus 2 recombinant vectors derived from a GH clade SARS coronavirus 2 Korean isolate, which express distinct reporter genes, and the production method thereof. A full-length clone of a SARS coronavirus 2 Korean isolate or a derivative thereof, according to one embodiment, can be used as a standard material for evaluating the efficacy of therapeutic agents and vaccines in cell lines and animal models while maintaining infectivity and replication capacity when restored to viruses, can be used to develop a large-scale testing method for therapeutic agent development, and can be used to develop attenuated vaccine strains. In addition, a SARS coronavirus 2 recombinant vector derived from a Korean isolate or a derivative thereof, expressing a reporter gene, can be used for high-capacity, rapid drug screening in the development of antibody therapeutic agents and antiviral agents.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a worldwide health crisis and devastating economic and social issues. The present invention provides a method enhancing the effectiveness of the vaccines currently used for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which comprises three incremental doses of a vaccine to elicit an enhanced immune response against in a subject. The first dose, second dose, and final dose are administered in the amount of 10-25%, 45-55%, and about 100% of the vaccine's full-strength dose, respectively.

Recombinant protein coronavirus antigens and vaccine compositions using the same, include a recombinant protein that is a single-chain (SC) viral membrane protein complex derived from the spike (S), envelop (E) and membrane (M) protein of a coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2, the causal agent for COVID-19. Methods for immunization of a subject using the vaccine compositions treats or prevents clinical signs caused by coronaviruses infection.