Dr Zoë HydeJul 22, 2023
(1/4) Could future vaccines be administered via a patch? Researchers have developed skin patches containing tiny “microneedles” made of sugar and salt which dissolve on contact with skin, painlessly administering a vaccine in the process. 🧵
https://asm.org/Articles/2022/December/Vaccines-Delivered-Via-Dissolvable-Skin-Patches
Vaccines Delivered via Dissolvable Skin Patches | ASM.org

No one likes getting a shot. Dissolvable skin patches are the way of the future for delivering vaccines. They are effective, safe and virtually painless. Why aren’t they a reality yet?

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Show threadDr Zoë HydeJul 22, 2023
(2/4) A key advantage of this technology is that a vaccine patch can induce a special kind of immunity in the skin, known as mucosal immunity, which can prevent infection and transmission. Injectable vaccines may only prevent severe disease.
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(3/4) Skin patch vaccines are also likely to have fewer side effects because of the way they slowly dissolve over minutes to hours.

This slow-release formula is less likely to trigger flu-like symptoms that sometimes follow injectable vaccines.

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Show threadDr Zoë HydeJul 22, 2023
(4/4) A new biotechnology start-up in Queensland, Australia, is working on vaccine patches for influenza, COVID-19, measles and rubella, and hopes to start manufacturing and shipping vaccine patches within 3-5 years.
https://youtu.be/tFRZOaDTWMw
Biomedical company plans on making skin patches as an alternative to needles | 7NEWS

Vaccine patches could soon be delivered to your door from the floor of a Brisbane factory. A biomedical company plans on making millions of skin patches as a...

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