No one likes getting a shot. Dissolvable skin patches are the way of the future for delivering vaccines. They are effective, safe and virtually painless. Why aren’t they a reality yet?
In the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic, modern vaccination technologies are gaining importance as they promise to protect the world population from future pandemics. Vaccine patches are one of these next generation applications and piezo components or actuators can be used to precisely dispense... Read more
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s next major focus is supporting scientific research to help cure all diseases, while also helping to prevent and manage them.
I found this anti-allergen topical patch on Amazon.
Scientists have also developed dissolvable skin patches for delivering vaccines.
Check out this patch that is being used to deliver the measles vaccine
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-68921897.
Check ou these researchers who developed a smart vaccine patch for COVID-19!
Smart vaccine patches that use microneedles are becoming increasingly common.
Universal cures and vaccines are possible, but it will take time and a lot of progress before we can eradicate all diseases.
A universal vaccine, especially for coronaviruses, might be the key to preventing the next pandemic.
I came across this story about researchers developing a universal vaccine for chronic infections.
https://caixaresearch.org/en/caixaresearch-debates-universal-vaccine-infections
These scientists are working on a universal vaccine for the flu.
https://www.genengnews.com/topics/genome-editing/universal-flu-vaccine-may-no-longer-be-a-long-shot/
This vaccine is the peanut allergy cure many have been waiting for!
Scientists have been researching peanut tolerance as a way of treating peanut allergy for years.
Peanut allergy is inconveniencing at best and fatal at worse. A vaccine can change the lives of so many people.