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The method, described in Nature Biomedical Engineering, mirrors the iterative process of developing a culinary dish and may lead to safer, more effective mRNA vaccines and therapeutics.

This study was conducted at the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science and supported by a U.S.

"This finding is significant because it suggests that some of the restorative and performance-enhancing effects of sleep might be achieved without the need for actual sleep," said Dragoi, study co-author, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice, the Rosemary and Daniel J. Harrison III Presidential Distinguished Chair in Neuroprosthetics at Houston Methodist and professor of neuroscience at Weill Cornell.

Dawei Feng is the Y. Austin Chang Assistant Professor in materials science and engineering.

Sullivan, PhD student Gyohun Choi, and Dawei Feng, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering at UW-Madison, developed the additive.