Chiral gold nanoparticles increase vaccine efficacy by more than 25%, study suggests - EurekAlert

Researcheres tested the nanoparticles on human immune cells cultured in vitro and found that the chiral nanoparticles induced production of substances associated with an immune response even in the absence of an antigen.

image: Computational model of gold nanoparticle functionalized with left-handed enantiomers of cysteine and phenylalanineview more  Credit: André Farias de Moura Vaccines can be made over 25% more … [+5513 chars]

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