New protocol for creating vaccines

Researchers at The Pirbright Institute have published their procedures on video for creating a vaccine that protects against Marek’s disease and infectious bursal disease (IBD) using a CRISPR/Cas 9 gene editing system. Both viruses cause highly infectious diseases of poultry and can cause huge economic losses around the globe. For example, Marek’s costs the worldwide poultry industry US$ 1bn annually, according to studies released in 2017. Herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) is an ideal vector f