Dendritic cell vaccines offer a unique opportunity in biomedicine, and limitations in efficacy can now potentially be overcome using graphene oxide nanosheets.
Victoria Corless
Science enthusiast, writer and editor for Advanced Science News.
After completing a Ph.D. in chemistry, Victoria worked as freelance science communicator and medical writer before joining ASN.
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