About the Authors
- Diletta Magini
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Current address: Division of Immunology, Transplantation and Infectious Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
Affiliations Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie, Chimica e Farmacia, Università degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy
- Cinzia Giovani
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Simona Mangiavacchi
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Silvia Maccari
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Raffaella Cecchi
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Jeffrey B. Ulmer
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Current address: GSK Vaccines Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States of America
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Ennio De Gregorio
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Andrew J. Geall
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Current address: Avidity NanoMedicines LLC, San Diego, CA, United States of America
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines Inc., Cambridge, MA, United States of America
- Michela Brazzoli
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* E-mail: michela.x.brazzoli@gsk.com
Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
- Sylvie Bertholet
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Current address: GSK Vaccines S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Affiliation Novartis Vaccines, S.r.l., Siena, Italy
Competing Interests
All the authors were employed or affiliated with the Novartis group of companies at the time of study conduct. CG, SMg, SMc, RC, JBU, EDG, MB and SB are now employeed with GSK group companies; AJG is now employed with Avidity NanoMedicine. All the authors declare that they have no other relevant affiliations or financial interest in conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. All the authors declare that SAM technology is covered by a registered patent (reference number: WO2012006376).
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DM MB SB. Performed the experiments: DM MB. Analyzed the data: DM MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CG S. Mangiavacchi S. Maccari RC. Wrote the paper: DM MB SB JBU EDG AJG. Strategic support: AJG JBU EDG.