Health

Thu Nov 10

Skin patches instead of needles: can nanotechnology vaccinate the world?

Written by Tristan Clemons, Research Fellow in Bionanotechnology, University of Western Australia

Easy to transport and store, skin patches could soon replace needles for vaccination. WorldBankPhotos/flickr , CC BY-NC-ND

Who likes getting a needle? I know I definitely don’t.

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