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Immune system-stimulating nanoparticle could lead to more powerful vaccines

A common strategy to make vaccines more powerful is to deliver them along with an adjuvant — a compound that stimulates the immune system to produce a stronger response. Researchers from MIT, the La Jolla Institute for...

6 December, 2021

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Researcher identifies adjuvant that prevents vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease in RSV, study finds

A unique adjuvant, a substance that enhances the body’s immune response to toxins and foreign matter, can prevent vaccine-enhanced respiratory disease, a sickness that has posed a major hurdle in vaccine development for...

26 June, 2019

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Properties and prospects of adjuvants in influenza vaccination – messy precipitates or blessed opportunities?

Influenza is a major challenge to healthcare systems world-wide. While prophylactic vaccination is largely efficient, long-lasting immunity has not been achieved in immunized populations, at least in part due to the...

8 November, 2013

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Can a usable H7N9 vaccine be made? Pending research should offer clues soon

Can a usable vaccine against the H7N9 bird flu virus be made? Studies that are about to start should offer clues soon, says the director of the U.S. government program spearheading the work. Four flu vaccine...

19 August, 2013

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