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California NanoSystems Institute

Nanoparticle

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A UCLA-developed nanoparticle is aiming to reprogram the liver in humans to attack pancreatic cancer with an mRNA vaccine (curved, hatched red lines) and an immune-activating fragment of genetic material (red dots).

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