Students Devise Oral Quick-Dissolve Strips for Rotavirus Vaccine

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Unlike liquid formulas of rotavirus vaccine the thin film would not need to be kept cool. This would reduce storage and distribution costs in developing nations. Photo by Will Kirk
Unlike liquid formulas of rotavirus vaccine, the thin film would not need to be kept cool. This would reduce storage and distribution costs in developing nations. Photo by Will Kirk

A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed by Johns Hopkins undergraduate biomedical engineering students.


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