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"Combination" Lyme Disease Vaccine Proteins Patented

Scientists at Brookhaven Lab and collaborators at Stony Brook University have received U.S. Patent Number 7,179,448 for developing chimeric, or "combination," proteins that may advance the development of vaccines and diagnostic tests for Lyme disease.

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