Nanopatch tops needles, syringes as delivery system for polio vaccine in animal study

A microscopic vaccine delivery platform developed by researchers at the University of Queensland has proven a more effective way to deliver a polio virus vaccine compared to needles and syringes in an animal model. “Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century, resulting in limb disfigurement and irreversible paralysis in tens of millions of cases,” Paul Young, head of UQ’s school of chemistry & molecular biosciences, said in prepared remarks. “This most recent study showed the Nanopatch enhanced responses to all three types of inactivated poliovirus vaccines (IPV) – a necessary advancement from using the current live oral vaccine.” Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News. The post Nanopatch tops needles, syringes as delivery system for polio vaccine in animal study appeared first on MassDevice.
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