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. 2022 Apr 2;399(10332):1281-1282.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(22)00524-4.

DNA vaccines join the fight against COVID-19

Anna K Blakney  1 , Linda-Gail Bekker  2
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DNA vaccines join the fight against COVID-19

Anna K Blakney et al. Lancet. .
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Conflict of interest statement

AKB is a co-founder and reports holding shares in VaxEquity, a for-profit company that aims to develop self-amplifying RNA vaccines for infectious diseases, but is not currently actively involved in the company. VaxEquity does not produce DNA vaccines. L-GB has received honoraria from Gilead Sciences and Merck for advisory work in HIV prevention.

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