"This process should initiate an antigen-specific immune response," she added.
"There is still a long way to go before this interesting approach might become safe and effective," said Ruth Duncan at Cardiff University, UK.
"Safety would ultimately depend on proposed dose, the frequency of dose and the route of administration," she added.
Dumortier said that the results so far suggest that nanohorns are less toxic to cells than normal nanotubes can be.
"No sign of cell death was visible upon three days of macrophage culture in the presence of nanohorns," she added.
Source-ANI
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