Microarray patches safe and effective for vaccinating children: Lancet medicaldialogues.in - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from medicaldialogues.in Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A landmark trial in The Gambia found the patches - which painlessly penetrate the skin - were just as effective as injections against measles and rubella.
The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate the skin and deliver the vaccine, or by conventional injection with a needle and syringe.
Microarray Patches Proven Safe, Effective for Child Vaccination miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The first study of the use of microarray patches to vaccinate children has shown that the method is safe and induces strong immune responses.The phase 1/2 randomized trial compared results from the measles and rubella vaccine delivered by a microarray patch, a small sticking plaster-like device with an array of microscopic projections that painlessly penetrate the skin and deliver the vaccine, or by conventional injection with a needle and syringe.