mRNA vaccines-a new era in vaccinology

Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 261-279

  Pardi, Norbert ^a   Hogan, Michael J ^a   Porter, Frederick W ^b   Weissman, Drew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VACCINE;

ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RNA, MESSENGER; VACCINES; VACCINOLOGY;

EID: 85044634269     PISSN: 14741776     EISSN: 14741784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrd.2017.243     Document Type: Review

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