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A vaccine from plant virus proteins

Nature Nanotechnology volume 11, pages 214–215 (2016)Cite this article

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Cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles can induce the immune system to clear metastatic cancers.

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Figure 1: Production and use of cowpea mosaic nanoparticles as a cancer immunotherapy in animals.

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Peruzzi, P., Chiocca, E. A vaccine from plant virus proteins. Nature Nanotech 11, 214–215 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.306

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