Congratulations! Qing's recent work was accepted by Nature Nanotechnology

On June 16th, our recently work “A nanovaccine targeting cancer stem cells and bulk cancer cells for postoperative cancer immunotherapy” was published on Nature Nanotechnology (2025, doi: org/10.1038/s41565-025-01952-x). Our laboratory has focused on biomimetic nanovesicle-based drug delivery and immunotherapy. Here we propose a nanovaccine strategy, called NICER, based on a nanovesicle system integrating CSC-specific antigen display and epigenetic nano-regulator encapsulation with a dendritic-cell-targeting aptamer. Specifically, nanovesicles derived from aldehyde-dehydrogenase-overexpressing tumours could serve as integrated antigens carrying both CSC-specific antigen and tumour-associated antigens. Epigenetic nano-regulator targeting YTH N6-methyladenosine RNA binding protein 1 could restrict dendritic cell lysosomal protease activity to modulate the effective cross-presentation of integrated antigens for immune responses. This research breakthroughs include resolving the critical bottlenecks in antigen delivery/presentation, concurrent eradication of CSCs and bulk tumours, and inhibition of recurrence and metastasis, ultimately providing a promising strategy for cancer-vaccine-mediated immunotherapy. Please find more details at: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-025-01952-x.