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Antibody repertoire: embracing diversity.

Andrew J Pollard1, Adrian V S Hill

  • 1Oxford Vaccine Group, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. andrew.pollard@paediatrics.ox.ac.uk

Science Translational Medicine
|July 29, 2011
PubMed
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Vaccine adjuvants can broaden antibody responses by stimulating innate immunity. This approach may improve vaccines against rapidly changing pathogens.

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