Self-Assembling Nanoparticles Usher in a New Era of Vaccine Design

Publication date: 7 March 2019Source: Cell, Volume 176, Issue 6Author(s): Rino Rappuoli, Davide SerrutoIn this issue, Marcandalli et al. (2019) report a self-assembling nanoparticle bearing an antigen from respiratory syncytial virus. This is the first time the structure, stability, and adjuvanticity of an antigen have been rationally designed at the atomic level and incorporated in one vaccine.
Source: Cell - Category: Cytology Source Type: research