A fresh study of the Nanopatch – a microscopic vaccine
Head of UQ's School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences Professor Paul Young said the breakthrough provided the next step in consigning polio to history.
"Polio was one of the most dreaded childhood diseases of the 20th century, resulting in limb disfigurement and irreversible paralysis in tens of millions of cases," Professor Young said.
"This most recent study showed the Nanopatch enhanced responses to all three types of inactivated poliovirus vaccines (IPV) – a necessary advancement from using the current live oral vaccine.
"We are extremely grateful to the WHO for providing funding to Vaxxas Pty Ltd, the biotechnology company commercialising the Nanopatch.
"The support specifically assists pre-clinical studies and good manufacturing practices."
Patch inventor Professor Mark Kendall said the study exhibited a key advantage of the Nanopatch.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-10-nanopatch-polio-vaccine.html#jCp
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