Pioneering Immunity: What is the first adjuvant for human use?
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For nearly a century, adjuvants have been a critical component of effective vaccines, with aluminum salts being safely used for over 90 years [1.7.2]. So, **what is the first adjuvant for human use?** The answer is **aluminum salts**, whose adjuvant effects were discovered in 1926 [1.3.5, 1.4.2].