A new paper in the journal Biology Methods and Protocols, published Wednesday by Oxford University Press, suggests that researchers in Japan have developed a way to administer the COVID-19 vaccine orally.
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Researchers in Japan have developed a Covid vaccine in pill form which, when given to monkeys, saw them produce the necessary antibodies to protect against Covid without visible side effects.
While researchers have only tested their vaccine in preclinical trials on monkeys, easier-to-deliver oral vaccines could soon be given to human patients.
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