A RESEARCH team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has designed a new type of micro-particle that could combine all childhood vaccines, including second and third followup needles and boosters into a single jab.
While the approach has not yet been tested on patients, scientists from MIT say they are very excited.
Prof Robert Langer, from MIT, said, "This could have a significant impact on patients everywhere, especially in the developing world."
The new vaccine is comprised of particles that look like miniature coffee cups filled with vaccine with the design of the cups such that they can break down and spill their contents at just the right time.
Tests show the contents can be released at exactly nine, 20 and 41 days after injection, while other particles that last for hundreds of days have also been developed, the researchers say - see bbc.com.
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