Australia-US Investigate Skin Patch Vaccine To Overcome Covid-19, No Needed Syringes

TRIBUNNEWS.CPM, WASHINGTON – The Australian-United States research team researched a vaccine to deal with Covid-19 without having to be injected, but attached to the skin. The research results are said to be very promising.

The results of studies conducted on rat this has been published in the journal Science Advances, Friday (10/29/2021).

Reporting from Channel News Asia, the research team used patches measuring 1 square centimeter which contained more than 5,000 microscopic spots.

“(The spots) are so small you can’t really see them,” David Muller, a virologist at the University of Queensland and co-author of the paper, told AFP.

This patch has been coated with an experimental vaccine. The patch is clicked on with an applicator that resembles a hockey puck.

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“You seem to get a light flick of the skin,” says Muller.

The researchers used a so-called “subunit” vaccine that reproduces the specks that cover the surface of the coronavirus.

The study was conducted using a patch for two minutes, or with a syringe.

It said the immune systems of those who got the patch produced high levels of neutralizing antibodies after two doses, including in their lungs.

This is essential to stopping Covid-19, and the patch can outperform a syringe.

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