supercharged vaccine

  Researchers at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute have demonstrated that a single vaccine dose can elicit a robust immune response to HIV by incorporating two potent adjuvants — substances that enhance the immune system’s stimulation. The image shows the vaccine antigen (pink) being concentrated in a germinal center (yellow) within B cell follicles […]

by Anne Trafton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Image shows the vaccine antigen (pink) being concentrated in a germinal center (yellow) within B cell follicles (cyan), triggered by the researchers’ combination adjuvant vaccine. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Researchers at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute have shown that they can