Vaccine delivered via skin could help in fight against respiratory diseases
E-Mail Among infectious diseases that have caused pandemics and epidemics, smallpox stands out as a success story. Smallpox vaccination led to the diseases eradication in the twentieth century. Until very recently, smallpox vaccine was delivered using a technique known as skin scarification (s.s.), in which the skin is repeatedly scratched with a needle before a solution of the vaccine is applied. Almost all other vaccines today are delivered via intramuscular injection, with a needle going d...
Thomas Kupper National Institutes Of Health Drug Administration Department Of Dermatology National Institutes Pellis Therapeutics
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