Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Nobody likes needles, but they’re necessary for delivering many vaccines and biologics into the body. But what if those could be puffed through the skin instead, with just a little pressure, like being hit in the arm with a foam toy? Today, scientists report steps toward making that a reality. Using powdered vaccines that don’t require refrigeration and a system driven by compressed gas, their “MOF-Jet” could easily deliver therapeutics against cancer and other diseases in a relatively painless way.
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Nobody likes needles, but they’re necessary for delivering many vaccines and biologics into the body. But what if those could be puffed through the skin instead, with just a little pressure, like being hit in the arm with a foam toy? Today, scientists report steps toward making that a reality. Using powdered vaccines that don’t require refrigeration and a system driven by compressed gas, their “MOF-Jet” could easily deliver therapeutics against cancer and other diseases in a relatively painless way.
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Headline Science:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLG7h7fPoH8JRH8bEJdgnwZnyA5N-9UaE
Ingenious:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLG7h7fPoH8IjxpWPKu5L1acNYO5T070P
ACS Spring 2022 Fall Media Briefings:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-qHxGvFeZV11YAygI6lgZ6yOq2nWwvv7
Chemical & Engineering News
youtube.com/channel/UCB_zuUSmh_PVkqwkaDT-thA
Produced by the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. ACS is a global leader in providing access to chemistry-related information and research through its multiple databases, peer-reviewed journals and scientific conferences.
Join the #AmericanChemicalSociety bit.ly/Join_ACS
