--- title: "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 source_url: https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-scientists-use-new-nanoparticle-more-powerful-vaccines-0306 type: article source: "MIT News" published: 2024-03-06T19:06:01.646Z updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:05.588Z tags: ["chemical-engineering"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)