Immune System-stimulating Nanoparticle Could Lead to More Powerful Vaccines
Published:06 Dec.2021 Source:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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 Immunology, and other institutions have now designed a new nanoparticle adjuvant that may be more potent than others now in use. Studies in mice showed that it significantly improved antibody production following vaccination against HIV, diphtheria, and influenza.