A technology that could eventually see every childhood vaccine delivered in a single injection has been developed by US researchers. Their one-shot solution stores the vaccine in microscopic capsules that release the initial dose and then boosters at specific times. A team at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has designed a new type of micro-particle that could combine everything into a single jab. Other particles that last for hundreds of days have also been developed, the researchers say. Fellow researcher Dr Kevin McHugh said: "In the developing world, that might be the difference between not getting vaccinated and receiving all of your vaccines in one shot."

Source: The Star September 15, 2017 03:22 UTC