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Can nanotechnology help develop a workable dengue virus vaccine?

Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine are working to develop a nanoparticle vaccine to protect against the four serotypes of dengue virus, which infects more than 350 million people across the globe each year...

15 November, 2016

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Scientists developed a vaccine that could protect 350 million lives

A study published in the journal, PLOS Neglected Tropical Disease, details how a team of researchers at the University of Carolina successfully vaccinated mice against a serotype (strain) of dengue virus. This can...

26 October, 2016

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Researcher’s nanoparticle key to new malaria vaccine

A self-assembling nanoparticle designed by a Univ. of Connecticut (UConn) professor is the key component of a potent new malaria vaccine that is showing promise in early tests. For years, scientists trying to develop a...

9 September, 2014

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