{"id":794,"date":"2024-09-19T04:05:13","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T04:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/?p=794"},"modified":"2025-06-30T07:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T07:20:20","slug":"drug-vaccine-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/2024\/09\/19\/drug-vaccine-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug &amp; Vaccine Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"794\" class=\"elementor elementor-794\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a50dfe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a50dfe\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2791e69\" data-id=\"2791e69\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5a1f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e5a1f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mahidolvivax.com\/en-US\/research-areas\">\u00ab Research Areas<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-213185c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"213185c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Malaria Genomics and Transcriptomics<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c4da480 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c4da480\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50149b6\" data-id=\"50149b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7eeafa6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7eeafa6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/elementor\/thumbs\/Research_are_vaccine-qubkfr8tmukobu6mw3aghcomnt7zr8rp1hmxubt5y0.jpg\" title=\"Research_are_vaccine\" alt=\"Research_are_vaccine\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4179231 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4179231\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23f62e2\" data-id=\"23f62e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7efbd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7efbd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Drug and Vaccine development; MVRU and its partners have been a pioneer in discovering and testing new vaccines candidates for malaria transmission (TBVs), erythrocyte invasion, sporozoite invasion as well as testing new anti-malarial compounds against hypnozoites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dfec264 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dfec264\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a9bd214\" data-id=\"a9bd214\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75d51a elementor-widget elementor-widget-aux_accordion\" data-id=\"a75d51a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"aux_accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"widget-container aux-widget-accordion widget-toggle aux-parent-au2bf315ab\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"widget-inner  aux-type-toggle\" data-toggle=\"true\"><section class=\"aux-toggle-item\"><h5 id=\"aux-toggle-header-1751\" class=\"aux-toggle-header toggle-header\" tabindex=\"1751\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"aux-toggle-content-1751\" >On-going Project<\/h5><div id=\"aux-toggle-content-1751\" class=\"aux-toggle-content toggle-content\" tabindex=\"1751\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aux-toggle-header-1751\" ><p><h5><a class=\"list_props_grid__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mahidolvivax.com\/en-US\/research\/projects\/plasmodium-vivax-volunteer-infection-studies-in-thailand\">Plasmodium vivax Volunteer Infection Studies in Thailand<\/a><\/h5><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-836\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust.png 480w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1373\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/MORU-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"59\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/MORU-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/MORU-1536x457.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/MORU-2048x609.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/MORU-200x59.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---topics_section---3EKaZ\" data-reactid=\"68\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"69\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Topic of research<\/span><\/h4><p>Plasmodium vivax Volunteer Infection Studies in Thailand<\/p><\/div><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---outcome_section---2K3EV\" data-reactid=\"71\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"72\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Outcome<\/span><\/h4><p>The vast majority of malaria vaccinology has focussed on P. falciparum and animal models. These animal models have provided fundamental insights into malaria immunity and allowed down-selection of vaccine candidates but none reproduce the human condition in endemic areas. Vaccine development in P. vivax has been relatively neglected. Vivax CHMI model in Southeast Asia, the heartland of vivax malaria, will advance vivax vaccine development to 2 major roles<\/p><ol><li>testing candidate vaccines to accelerate licensure among the current generation of vaccines.<\/li><li>identifying immunological correlates of protection to guide development of the next generation of vaccines.<\/li><\/ol><h4 data-reactid=\"104\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Key Information<\/span><\/h4><ul data-reactid=\"105\"><li data-reactid=\"106\"><h5 data-reactid=\"107\">Project Status:<\/h5><p data-reactid=\"108\">On-going<\/li><li data-reactid=\"109\"><h5 data-reactid=\"110\">Funded by:<\/h5><ul data-reactid=\"111\"><li data-reactid=\"112\">Welcome Trust<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"aux-toggle-item\"><h5 id=\"aux-toggle-header-1752\" class=\"aux-toggle-header toggle-header\" tabindex=\"1752\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"aux-toggle-content-1752\" >Past Project<\/h5><div id=\"aux-toggle-content-1752\" class=\"aux-toggle-content toggle-content\" tabindex=\"1752\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aux-toggle-header-1752\" ><p><h5><a class=\"list_props_grid__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mahidolvivax.com\/en-US\/research\/projects\/the-development-of-invasion-inhibition-assay-for-vaccine-screening-of\">The development of Invasion inhibition assay for vaccine screening of Plasmodium vivax<\/a><\/h5><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-827\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Bill_Melinda_Gates.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"40\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Bill_Melinda_Gates.png 1162w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Bill_Melinda_Gates-200x40.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---topics_section---3EKaZ\" data-reactid=\"68\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"69\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Topic of research<\/span><\/h4><p>Basic research related to Tropical diseases.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---outcome_section---2K3EV\" data-reactid=\"71\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"72\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Outcome<\/span><\/h4><p>Established high throughput invasion assay for in vitro vaccine screening of Plasmodium vivax. The optimized invasion assay will increase accuracy, productivity, and throughput of the assay which will fasten the antimalarial drugs\/vaccines discovery.<\/p><\/div><div class=\"element\" data-reactid=\"74\"><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---publications_section---TODK9\" data-reactid=\"75\"><h5 data-reactid=\"76\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Publications:<\/span><\/h5><ul class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---publications---3c3E8\" data-reactid=\"77\"><li data-reactid=\"78\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/26450389\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-reactid=\"79\">The In Vitro Invasion Inhibition Assay (IIA) for Plasmodium vivax. Methods Mol Biol. 2015-07-22<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h4 data-reactid=\"110\">Key Information<\/h4><ul data-reactid=\"111\"><li data-reactid=\"112\"><h5 data-reactid=\"113\">Key MVRU Researchers:<\/h5><ul class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---researchers---1mWI6\" data-reactid=\"114\"><li data-reactid=\"115\"><a href=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wanlapa-roobsoong\/\" data-reactid=\"116\">Dr.\u00a0Wanlapa Roobsoong<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li data-reactid=\"120\"><h5 data-reactid=\"121\">Project Status:<\/h5><p data-reactid=\"122\">Past<\/li><li data-reactid=\"123\"><h5 data-reactid=\"124\">Funded by:<\/h5><ul data-reactid=\"125\"><li data-reactid=\"126\">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation<\/li><li data-reactid=\"127\">Mahidol university<\/li><li data-reactid=\"128\">Korean national institute of health<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/section><section class=\"aux-toggle-item\"><h5 id=\"aux-toggle-header-1753\" class=\"aux-toggle-header toggle-header\" tabindex=\"1753\" role=\"tab\" aria-controls=\"aux-toggle-content-1753\" >On-going Project<\/h5><div id=\"aux-toggle-content-1753\" class=\"aux-toggle-content toggle-content\" tabindex=\"1753\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"aux-toggle-header-1753\" ><p><h5>\u00a0<\/h5><h5><a class=\"list_props_grid__link\" href=\"https:\/\/mahidolvivax.com\/en-US\/research\/projects\/elucidating-the-mechanism-of-reticulocyte-specific-invasion-by-plasmodium\">Elucidating the Mechanism of Reticulocyte-Specific Invasion by Plasmodium vivax<\/a><\/h5>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-836\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust.png 480w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-300x300.png 300w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/09\/Wellcome_Trust-200x200.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2279\" src=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Collaborator_London_School.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Collaborator_London_School.webp 400w, http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/10\/Collaborator_London_School-200x88.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---topics_section---3EKaZ\" data-reactid=\"68\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"69\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Topic of research<\/span><\/h4><p>Better understanding of P. vivax biology<\/p><\/div><div class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---outcome_section---2K3EV\" data-reactid=\"71\"><h4 class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---project_h2---1D6VI\" data-reactid=\"72\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Outcome<\/span><\/h4><p>This project aims to provide a better understanding of the molecular process underlying how P. vivax senses and selects young erythrocyte to invade.<\/p><h4 data-reactid=\"104\">Key Information<\/h4><ul data-reactid=\"105\"><li data-reactid=\"106\"><h5 data-reactid=\"107\">Key MVRU Researchers:<\/h5><ul class=\"src-styles----single-story-module---researchers---1mWI6\" data-reactid=\"108\"><li data-reactid=\"109\"><a href=\"http:\/\/10.11.101.25\/wordpress\/vivax\/wang-nguitragool\/\" data-reactid=\"110\">Assoc. Prof. Dr.\u00a0Wang Nguitragool<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li data-reactid=\"114\"><h5 data-reactid=\"115\">Project Status:<\/h5><p data-reactid=\"116\">On-going<\/li><li data-reactid=\"117\"><h5 data-reactid=\"118\">Funded by:<\/h5><ul data-reactid=\"119\"><li data-reactid=\"120\">Welcome Trust<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/p><\/div><\/section><\/div><\/section><!-- widget-container -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00ab Research Areas Malaria Genomics and Transcriptomics Drug and Vaccine development; MVRU and its partners have been a pioneer in discovering and testing new vaccines candidates for malaria transmission (TBVs), erythrocyte invasion, sporozoite invasion as well as testing new anti-malarial compounds against hypnozoites. 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