Substrate Optimization in Baby Hamster Kidney Cell Culture for Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Using the Taguchi Method.

Cell culture is one of the most commonly used techniques in the production of biological products. Many physical and chemical parameters may affect cell growth and proliferation. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of chemical components as supplements using the experimental design method, which aimed at reducing the number of experiments. For this purpose, supplements including chemical components using four levels, with three replications in suspension and batch culture conditions, were examined for 72 hours using the Taguchi experimental design method. From the experiments, it was concluded that the culture media composition had a significant impact on final cell count and pH. High concentrations of different media composition alone were insufficient to ensure higher cell count. According to the results, this insufficiency was associated with an increase of 20% in the number of final cells. In the majority of cultures, the number of final cells at 48 hours increased relative to the number of final cells at 24 hours after culturing the cells.

Molecular and biological characterization of the human-bovine rotavirus-based reassortant rotavirus.

Rotaviruses (RV) are the leading cause of acute infantile gastroenteritis, associated with elevated mortality in low-income countries. Morbidity and mortality, length and rates of hospitalization due to RV gastroenteritis are dropping. Improving the quality of newborns life is an ongoing challenge for health-care providers. In this study, homemade reassortant human-bovine rotavirus was developed and biological activity and molecular characterization of candidate vaccine were evaluated for the vaccine stability. Virus titration and purification of reassortant rotavirus strains were evaluated by plaque assays, electropherotyping. The genetic stability after first, third and sixth passage was by sequencing. Due to WHO recommendation, developingment of national capacity for vaccine production in appropriate quantities and at affordable prices is the cornerstone of developing global vaccination policies. Such studies are critical to producing national vaccines and modeling herd protection.