Vaccination onto bare skin

Tang De-chu (), Zhongkai Shi and T. Curiel David
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Tang De-chu: Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, THT 215, 1900 University Boulevard
Zhongkai Shi: Gene Therapy Program
T. Curiel David: Gene Therapy Program

Nature, 1997, vol. 388, issue 6644, 729-730

Abstract: Abstract We report here that applying genetic vectors onto the skin in a relatively non-invasive manner can elicit an immune response against the protein encoded by the vector. This procedure requires no special skill or equipment and so may reduce medical costs and offer a unique method for vaccination.

Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1038/41917

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