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Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles (www.newscientist.com)
submitted 2 years ago by tsonfeir@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid mixture to the skin of mice and exposed it to ultrasound – like that used for sonograms – for about a minute and a half.

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[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A lot slower, though. Article says it takes a minute and a half.

[–] aphlamingphoenix@lemm.ee 37 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It takes my kid half an hour of screaming and throwing a public fit just to get within two miles of a needle, so I'll take it.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Fair enough.

[–] M500@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago

Also consider the people who have needle phobias. My heart starts to race before getting a vaccine. If I have to give a blood sample I will faint.

I’m getting woozy talking about this.