{"id":231278,"date":"2026-02-13T09:07:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/a-double-helix-twist-in-hiv-vaccine-design"},"modified":"2026-02-13T09:07:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T15:07:49","slug":"a-double-helix-twist-in-hiv-vaccine-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/a-double-helix-twist-in-hiv-vaccine-design","title":{"rendered":"A double helix twist in HIV vaccine design"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/a-double-helix-twist-in-hiv-vaccine-design2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a new <i>Science<\/i> study, researchers demonstrate that DNA origami can be used to display HIV protein antigens. When given to mice, these nanoparticles elicited antibody responses that may pave the way for broadly protective immunity against infection.<\/p>\n<p>This approach could lead to more effective HIV vaccines. Learn more in a new <i>Science<\/i> Perspective.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>DNA origami scaffolds displaying HIV antigens stimulate focused antibody responses in mice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aee5778#con1\"> Oliver Bannard<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aee5778#con2\"> Mark R. Howarth<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/science.aee5778#tab-contributors\">Authors Info &amp; Affiliations<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Science<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Vol 391, Issue 6785<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/a-double-helix-twist-in-hiv-vaccine-design\">Continue reading \u201cA double helix twist in HIV vaccine design\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new Science study, researchers demonstrate that DNA origami can be used to display HIV protein antigens. When given to mice, these nanoparticles elicited antibody responses that may pave the way for broadly protective immunity against infection. This approach could lead to more effective HIV vaccines. Learn more in a new Science Perspective. DNA [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}