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Softness makes it better

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An effective adjuvant for the induction of humoural and cellular immunity is achieved by a Pickering emulsion formulation that allows pliability and mobility of loaded antigens.

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Figure 1: Increased cell delivery of antigen by the Pickering emulsion adjuvant system.

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  1. Department of Pathology of the Duke University Medical Center, Durham, 27710, North Carolina, USA

    Herman F. Staats

  2. Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Montana, Missoula, 59812-1552, Montana, USA

    David J. Burkhart

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Staats, H., Burkhart, D. Softness makes it better. Nat. Mater. 17, 113–114 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat5072

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