By Stuart Wolpert -<br><br>biochemists have created the largest-ever protein that self-assembles into a molecular “cage.” The research could lead to synthetic vaccines that protect people from the flu, HIV and other diseases.<br><br>At a size hundreds of times smaller than a human cell, it also could lead to new methods of delivering pharmaceuticals inside of cells, or to the creation of new nanoscale materials.<br><br><a href="http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/ucla-biochemists-build-largest-synthetic-molecular-cage-ever">READ MORE ON UCLA NEWSROOM</a>
