Artist's Depiction of Nanoparticle COVID-!9 Vaccine candidate (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Artist's Depiction of Nanoparticle COVID-!9 Vaccine candidate

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Artist's depiction of an ultrapotent COVID-19 vaccine candidate in which 60 pieces of a coronavirus protein (red) decorate nanoparticles (blue and white). The vaccine candidate was designed using methods developed at the UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design. The molecular structure of the vaccine roughly mimics that of a virus, which may account for its enhanced ability to provoke an immune response.

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Ian Haydon/ UW Medicine Institute for Protein Design

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