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Mice Study Shows Patch Works as Well as Needles for Vaccinations
Cheree Cleghorn | July 20, 2010
“For most people, the worst thing about getting a vaccination is the big, scary hypodermic needle. So researchers have invented a new vaccine-delivery system that replaces the large single needle with 100 tiny dissolvable ones embedded in a Band-Aid–like patch. The new patch can immunize mice against influenza just as effectively as conventional needle vaccination, its developers report online July 18 in Nature Medicine.”
Source: Science News, July 19, 2010
Citation: Nature Medicine, July 18, 2010
