New intranasal influenza vaccine triggers robust immunity with significantly less antigen
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 14:35
in Health & Medicine
A single administration of a novel, nasally delivered influenza vaccine elicited immune responses in ferrets that were more than 20 times higher than those generated by two injections of the currently approved vaccines, according to a study by NanoBio Corporation. The new vaccine used only half the standard antigen dose to produce this effect.
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