MIT Bioengineers Design Novel Nanoparticles for Safe Vaccine Delivery

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MIT Bioengineers Design Novel Nanoparticles for Safe Vaccine Delivery

Description MIT engineers have designed a new type of nanoparticle that could safely and effectively deliver vaccines for diseases such as HIV and malaria. The new particles consist of concentric fatty spheres that can carry synthetic versions of proteins normally produced by viruses. These synthetic particles elicit a strong immune response — comparable to that produced by live virus vaccines — but should be much safer, researchers say. The work was published in Feb. 20 issue of Nature Materials.
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