Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines

This review provides an overview of electron beam (eBeam) technology and its applications across a wide variety of disciplines. More importantly, it discusses this technology’s advantages and its benefits in developing inactivated vaccines. eBeam technology is currently being used all around the wor...

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Main Authors: Ruvindu Perera, Suresh D. Pillai, Adnan Alrubaye, Palmy Jesudhasan
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-02-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/2/179
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description This review provides an overview of electron beam (eBeam) technology and its applications across a wide variety of disciplines. More importantly, it discusses this technology’s advantages and its benefits in developing inactivated vaccines. eBeam technology is currently being used all around the world for a variety of industrial applications, extending from food pasteurization to the cross-linking of polymers in the wire and cable industries. It is a successful emerging alternative for developing vaccines against bacterial, protozoan, and viral pathogens. This review includes a descriptive account of the mechanism of action of eBeam and how this technology achieves the complete inactivation of pathogens while retaining the integrity of their surface epitopes. This unique advantage is crucial for the production of efficacious vaccines. This review provides a detailed account of the usage of eBeam technology for developing vaccines to protect a multitude of hosts against a wide range of pathogens. eBeam-inactivated vaccines are advantageous over live vaccines, RNA/subunit vaccines, and chemically inactivated vaccines mainly due to the complete inactivation of pathogens, and the presence of intact, highly antigenic epitopes. To conclude, this article descriptively highlights eBeam technology’s advantages over other means of vaccine development.
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spelling doaj-art-9a7a7c52cbf643b4bf2372c9d86879162025-08-20T03:12:12ZengMDPI AGVaccines2076-393X2025-02-0113217910.3390/vaccines13020179Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated VaccinesRuvindu Perera0Suresh D. Pillai1Adnan Alrubaye2Palmy Jesudhasan3Cell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USANational Center for Electron Beam Research, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77840, USACell and Molecular Biology Program, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USAPoultry Production and Product Safety Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USAThis review provides an overview of electron beam (eBeam) technology and its applications across a wide variety of disciplines. More importantly, it discusses this technology’s advantages and its benefits in developing inactivated vaccines. eBeam technology is currently being used all around the world for a variety of industrial applications, extending from food pasteurization to the cross-linking of polymers in the wire and cable industries. It is a successful emerging alternative for developing vaccines against bacterial, protozoan, and viral pathogens. This review includes a descriptive account of the mechanism of action of eBeam and how this technology achieves the complete inactivation of pathogens while retaining the integrity of their surface epitopes. This unique advantage is crucial for the production of efficacious vaccines. This review provides a detailed account of the usage of eBeam technology for developing vaccines to protect a multitude of hosts against a wide range of pathogens. eBeam-inactivated vaccines are advantageous over live vaccines, RNA/subunit vaccines, and chemically inactivated vaccines mainly due to the complete inactivation of pathogens, and the presence of intact, highly antigenic epitopes. To conclude, this article descriptively highlights eBeam technology’s advantages over other means of vaccine development.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/2/179electron beameBeaminactivated vaccinesbacteriavirusradiation
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electron beam
eBeam
inactivated vaccines
bacteria
virus
radiation
title Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines
title_full Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines
title_fullStr Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines
title_full_unstemmed Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines
title_short Leveraging Electron Beam (eBeam) Technology for Advancing the Development of Inactivated Vaccines
title_sort leveraging electron beam ebeam technology for advancing the development of inactivated vaccines
topic electron beam
eBeam
inactivated vaccines
bacteria
virus
radiation
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-393X/13/2/179
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