Inorganic compounds as vaccine adjuvants

The adjuvant capacity of minerals was first discovered in 1926, when a suspension of diphtheria toxoid precipitated with potassium aluminum sulfate was found to be significantly more immunogenic than the same suspension in the absence of this compound.Although a large number of inorganic salts have since been evaluated for this purpose, only alum,

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A macrorhynchos-like Eurasian Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) in the Dolomites with a very abraded ring: an aged immigrant, or a locally born bird?

The origin of the ringed bird, photographed at Passo Gardena on 28 July 2016, remains unknown.However, considering that 1) irruptions of the macrorhynchos subspecies into the region have not occurred for years compatible with the degree of abrasion of Trail Saddle Full QH the ring; 2) dispersed macrorhynchos individuals rarely survive for long peri

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