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		crazydoggers on Feb 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Making Vaccine They’re not sufficient without an adjuvant. Peptides by themselves usually aren’t enough to be recognized as pathogenic. If any peptide by itself could kick off an immune response, you’d be getting sick with everything you eat and smell. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4494216/

Kim_Bruning on Feb 6, 2021 [–]

The protocol white paper uses Chitosan. They do discuss use of Alum and other adjuvants, starting on page 12.

( https://radvac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/White-Paper-SA... )

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