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Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine spray could stem spread, researchers say – Business Insider
A company called Altimmune is working on a nasal-spray version of a COVID-19 vaccine. The technology could stem the virus’ spread better than shots.
It’s an intuitive idea: Wouldn’t it be best to administer a COVID-19 vaccine in the place it first invades the body?
That’s what Maryland-based biotech startup, Altimmune, is trying to develop a COVID-19 vaccine that gets squirted into your nose, not jabbed in your arm.
“Delivering vaccines to the sight of first exposure is an advantage,” Dr. Buddy Creech, who directs the Vanderbilt University vaccine research program and has worked with Altimmune, told Insider. “Typically, you don’t get COVID-19…
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