--- title: MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make... description: Scientists at MIT have demonstrated that metal organic frameworks (MOFs) can provoke a strong immune response and act as adjuvants in vaccines. The study... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful | daily.dev og:description: Scientists at MIT have demonstrated that metal organic frameworks (MOFs) can provoke a strong immune response and act as adjuvants in vaccines. The study... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HN5gc1qS8.png og:image:alt: MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful **[MIT News](https://daily.dev/sources/mit)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Scientists at MIT have demonstrated that metal organic frameworks (MOFs) can provoke a strong immune response and act as adjuvants in vaccines. The study focused on a MOF called ZIF-8 and showed that it could successfully deliver part of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. Further research is needed to evaluate the safety and scalability of MOFs as vaccine carriers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#chemical-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/chemical-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8"},"datePublished":"2024-03-06T19:06:01.646Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z","description":"Scientists at MIT have demonstrated that metal organic frameworks (MOFs) can provoke a strong immune response and act as adjuvants in vaccines. The study...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da3130c6c7f3381c0c25dbb8cca0838e?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/da3130c6c7f3381c0c25dbb8cca0838e?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/881e20a40aa44b12ba4bd27f5c14289d","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/mit-scientists-use-a-new-type-of-nanoparticle-to-make-vaccines-more-powerful-hn5gc1qs8","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"chemical-engineering","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/mit"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"MIT scientists use a new type of nanoparticle to make vaccines more powerful"}]} ```