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Why your COVID jab might not be a needle – The Advertiser
Scientists around the world are looking at how gusts of air and patches could be used to deliver a developed vaccine to a patient, with the uncommon methods considered more effective than the dreaded needle.
Scientists around the world are looking at how gusts of air and patches could be used to deliver a developed vaccine to a patient, with the uncommon methods considered more effective than the dreaded needle.
Associate Professor Nick Wood, who is involved in an Australian group working to create a DNA vaccine, said his team’s drug would be delivered using a jet injector, which uses a strong gust of air about the size of a human hair to penetrate the skin.
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