Vaccine Tag Might Stop Human-Mosquito Malarial Tag

It takes a nanoparticle, says a team of University of Buffalo (UB) scientists, to raise a transmission-blocking vaccine that will more effectively curb the spread of malaria. This nanoparticle is a liposome-based system that serves as an adjuvant, a vaccine helper. It is a platform, really, one that becomes studded with vaccine antigens, improving their display, enhancing their ability to induce an immune response.The platform’s secret is a polyhistidine-tag, a small chain of amino acids t