New Vaccine Technologies for Rapid Response against Emerging, Reemerging Infections and Biological Threats: Lessons from COVID-19 for Future
Vaccination
is the most effective method to prevent dangerous infectious diseases
and save lives. The expansion of human communication, the rapid spread
of emerging infections worldwide, and the creation of dangerous
pandemics like COVID-19 is worrying. On the other hand, with the
emergence of new technologies such as genetic engineering of
microorganisms, genome editing, and synthetic biology, the possibility
of abusing these tools for illegal use is the next concern. In this
situation, the need for rapid vaccination technologies and programs was
given special importance. Recently, new vaccine platforms such as viral
vector and mRNA vaccines have shown great promise that they can be used
to prepare and protect human lives against dangerous infections. One of
the most important factors for vaccination is the rapid development and
approval of vaccines. In this review, we have given a perspective view
of new vaccine technologies to rapidly develop vaccines to combat
emerging infections and the biodefence against biological criminals.
