The present invention provides AAV capsid proteins comprising a modification in the amino acid sequence and virus vectors comprising the modified AAV capsid protein. The invention also provides methods of administering the virus vectors and virus capsids of the invention to a cell or to a subject in vivo.

A method and kit for for determining of an effective concentration of an antimicrobial agent for inhibiting bacterial growth are provided. The method and kit involve the use of a first and second multiwell receptacle. A fluid sample containing or suspected to contain one or more microbial organisms is dispensed into the wells of the first multiwell receptacle containing a range of dilutions of an antimicrobial agent, growth medium and a bacteriophage to form assay mixtures in the wells. The assay mixtures are then transferred to the corresponding wells of the second multiwell receptacle for detection.

This disclosure provides compositions and methods for expressing and displaying isolated integral membrane proteins (IMPs) or fragments thereof in a native conformation on poxvirus extracellular virions and methods for screening, selecting, and identifying antibodies or antibody-like molecules that bind to a target IMP of interest.

Antibodies that bind parvovirus are disclosed. The antibodies can be used in methods for preventing or treating parvovirus infection.

The present invention provides a method for treating a solution contaminated with porcine circovirus, comprising the steps of: adjusting a pH of a solution contaminated with porcine circovirus to range from 3.0 to 7.0; and treating the pH-adjusted solution with a filtration membrane having an LRV for bacteriophage PP7 of 4 or more.

The present invention relates to a modified virus-like particle of RNA bacteriophage AP205 (AP205 VLP) comprising AP205 coat protein dimers to which antigenic polypeptides are fused at the N-terminus and/or at the C-terminus. The modified AP205 VLPs can be used as a platform, in particular for vaccine development, in generating immune responses against a variety of antigens.

A chimeric antigen receptor targeting an oncolytic virus-derived protein, an immune cell expressing the same, and uses thereof are disclosed. The chimeric antigen receptor-expressing immune cell can effectively target the protein A56 that is specifically expressed on the cancer cell surface, which enables targeted therapy for cancer cells that have survived even infection with an oncolytic virus, thereby providing effective anticancer therapy. The chimeric antigen receptor-expressing immune cell can have increased activation and proliferation capacity specifically for protein A56 and exhibit excellent cytotoxic effects, thereby providing effective anticancer therapy against protein A56-expressing cancer cells. The immune cell is preferably used in combination with an oncolytic virus, and may be additionally used in combination with a drug capable of enhancing an anticancer effect of the oncolytic virus (for example, hydroxyurea, chemotherapeutic agents for regulating lymphocyte removal (for example, cyclophosphamide and fludarabine), or immunotherapeutic agents).

The present disclosure provides a method of isolating and preparing live African Swine Fever (ASF) viruses (ASFV) and an ASFV vaccine composed of ASF virus particles. ASF viral components, and/or immunosuppressive protein factors. The ASFV vaccine can be used to immunize pigs and wild boars, or can be used to immunize species other than pig or wild boar, such as fowl, bovine, goat, rabbit, donkey or horse, to generate polyclonal immunoglobulins with broad-spectrum specificity to the ASFV. The ASFV-specific immunoglobulins then can be extracted and purified. The ASFV-specific immunoglobulins can provide acute treatment of ASF-infected pigs or wild boars or preventative treatment for pigs or wild boars at risk of ASF, for example that may have been exposed to ASFV or ASFV-infected subjects.

The invention provides a Gene sequence which can encode and express adenovirus hexon protein in vitro, and is represented as SEQ ID NO: 3. Also invented a protein which was translated and expressed by the gene sequence according to the invention, and the invention also relates to the use of the protein as an antigen to immunize rabbits to obtain a polyclonal antibody. The antibody mentioned above can detect adenovirus with high sensitivity and specificity.

Described is a reproducible, effective and scalable process for parvovirus production including characterization strategies, preferably production of H-1PV.