Background: This study investigated the effects of an aronia juice-based food supplement on background and total DNA strand breaks in whole blood, H2O2-induced isolated peripheral blood lymphocytes. Methods: Ninety-one healthy volunteers were randomly selected to consume either (2 × 25 mL drinking ampules, n = 45) or no (n 46) daily for eight weeks. Results: Background decreased significantly a...

This special issue is focused on DNA vaccines, marking the two decades since the first demonstration of pre-clinical protection was published in Science (Ulmer et al.; Heterologous protection against influenza by injection of DNA encoding a viral protein. 1993). This introductory article provides an overview of the field and highlights the observations of the articles in this special issue whil...