Futurity.org » hypodermic needle http://www.futurity.org Research news from leading universities Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:03:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/patches-take-the-ouch-out-of-flu-vaccines/ http://www.futurity.org/health-medicine/patches-take-the-ouch-out-of-flu-vaccines/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:59:19 +0000 Futurity-Jenny Leonard http://futurity.org/?p=1981

microneedles

The vaccine patches used in the experiments contained an array of stainless steel microneedles coated with inactivated influenza virus.

EMORY (US)—Flu vaccine delivered through microneedle skin patches is just as effective at preventing influenza in mice as immunization by hypodermic needle, researchers at Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology find.

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