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Findings from INSERM in vaccines reported
April 29th, 2009
Researchers detail in 'Nanoparticle-based targeting of vaccine compounds to skin antigen-presenting cells by hair follicles and their transport in mice,' new data in vaccines. According to recent research published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, "Particle-based drug delivery systems target active compounds to the hair follicle and may result in a better penetration and higher efficiency of compound uptake by skin resident cells. As previously proposed, such delivery systems could be important tools for vaccine delivery." "In this study, we investigated the penetration of solid fluorescent 40 or 200 nm polystyrene nanoparticles (NPs) as well as virus...
Source: Vaccine Weekly (2009-04-29)
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