Molecular Insights in Antivirals and Vaccines
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 November 2025 | Viewed by 5894
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, University of Plovdiv, 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Interests: emerging viruses; vaccine design; antivirals; plant molecular farming; recombinant proteins; plant biotechnology
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Interests: systems biology; bioinformatics; plant and medical biotechnology; molecular farming
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Interests: medicinal plants; bioactive compounds of plant origin; biological activity of plant components; polyphenols; in vitro and in vivo antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties of plant-derived products; molecular targets for natural bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We live in a highly dynamic epidemiological environment, with constantly changing viral pathogens spreading fast to new regions and hosts. The most effective method to combat viral progression and to control as well as prevent epidemics among humans and animals is vaccination. Smallpox was eradicated because of methodical and large-scale vaccination, which is also the reason for the recent advances towards the eradication of polio. The constant progress in biotechnology, nanotechnology, cell cultures, plant molecular farming, and recombinant protein downstream processing helps us improve our current and generate new vaccine platforms that provide safer and more effective solutions for controlling emerging and reemerging viruses. The development of nucleic-acid-based and nanoparticle vaccine technologies offers new approaches for rapid vaccine preparation, especially against the emergence of new viruses.
In addition, traditional herbal remedies and plant-derived bioactive metabolites can be a source of affordable new antiviral agents for anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory therapy.
This Special Issue, “Molecular Insights in Antivirals and Vaccines”, seeks all types of manuscripts (e.g., reviews, original research articles, and short communications) and aims to highlight recent developments in antiviral vaccine preparation in addition to applications of novel antiviral therapeutics derived from plants. Manuscripts about molecular targets for plant-derived antiviral remedies are also welcomed.
Dr. Gergana Zahmanova
Prof. Dr. Ivan Minkov
Dr. Yoana Dimitrova Kiselova-Kaneva
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- new vaccine platforms
- cell cultures
- plant molecular farming
- vaccines and VLPs
- nanoparticle vaccines
- emerging viral diseases
- novel therapeutics
- biologics
- antibodies
- receptor modulators
- plant-based compounds with antiviral activity
- medicinal plant-derived products
- bioactive proteins from plants
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