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Flexible connectors offer a new route to designer nanoparticle materials
MIT researchers have shown how flexible connector molecules can control nanoparticle assembly. The experiments offer a route to less densely packed structures, potentially useful in photonics and catalysis. Practical applications will require further development.
Read more →Nanoparticles for personalised cancer vaccines: results in mice
MIT researchers have developed an M13 bacteriophage platform with adjustable antigen density. In mouse experiments, higher-density vaccines improved protection against tumour development. These are preclinical findings, not evidence of effectiveness in people.
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