Mar 11, 2026 Scientists combined vaccine and adjuvant technology uses nanoscale precision enabled by DNA origami to induce broad immunity against infectious viruses. (Nanowerk News) The COVID-19 pandemic brought messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines to the forefront of global health care. After their clinical trial stages, the first COVID-19 mRNA vaccine...
Engineered nanoparticles seek and destroy diseased immune cells in mice
Mar 11, 2026 A proof of principle study in mice shows mRNA-based polymer nanoparticles can reprogram T cells to eliminate B cells linked to lupus and blood cancers. (Nanowerk News) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have engineered a simplified biodegradable nanoparticle that reprograms the immune system's T cells to locate...