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University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Computer-Generated Nanoparticle Vaccine

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In a study published March 7, 2019, in Cell, nanoparticles were fitted with inert respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, proteins. These nanoparticles elicited a strong neutralizing antibody response in animal testing.

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UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design

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