Biomaterials – vaccines articles within Nature

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• Letter | 16 February 2014

  Structure-based programming of lymph-node targeting in molecular vaccines

  An amphiphile vaccine consisting of a peptide antigen or adjuvant cargo linked to a lipophilic tail is shown to have improved potency and safety in mice by targeting the lymph nodes.

  • Haipeng Liu
  • , Kelly D. Moynihan
  •  & Darrell J. Irvine

• Outlook | 18 December 2013

  Cancer vaccines: Material breach

  An experimental vaccine implanted beneath the skin could usher in biomaterial-based immunotherapies for cancer.

  • Elie Dolgin

• Editorial | 25 May 2011

  Modern heroes

  The great achievements of vaccines are not consigned to the past.