Self-administered vaccines on the way

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Self-administered vaccines on the way

22 April 2010 | by Simone Roberts

Pharmacists' fight to immunise may all be in vain with a new invention enabling patients to self-administer vaccines.

Researchers at the University of Queensland have today revealed the Nanopatch – a patch smaller than a postage stamp comprised of several thousands of densely packed projections that deliver a vaccine through the skin.

The patch eliminates the need for the needle and syringe and does not require a trained practitioner to administer it.

"In the future one real possibility could well be a situation of self-administration," lead researcher Professor Mark Kendall told Pharmacy eNews.

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Yup, new and improved way of poisoning us.