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GOLD AND HELIUM COMBINE FOR NEEDLE-FREE INJECTIONS
Posted by Timothy (Slashdot, News for nerds, news that matter)
July 10, 2006
Mr. Jaggers writes "U.K. biotech outfit, PowderMed Ltd., has developed a new method to deliver vaccine using an injector powered by concentrated helium gas. They enclose fragments of virus DNA in tiny gold particles, and use the injector to introduce particles into the body subdermally. Evidently, this has been in the works for some time, but is now ready for human clinical tests. Oh, and this is supposed to be used experimentally to target the H5N1 avian flu, which is also cool, I suppose."
Source: http://science.slashdot.org/article....59225&from=rss
Posted by Timothy (Slashdot, News for nerds, news that matter)
July 10, 2006
Mr. Jaggers writes "U.K. biotech outfit, PowderMed Ltd., has developed a new method to deliver vaccine using an injector powered by concentrated helium gas. They enclose fragments of virus DNA in tiny gold particles, and use the injector to introduce particles into the body subdermally. Evidently, this has been in the works for some time, but is now ready for human clinical tests. Oh, and this is supposed to be used experimentally to target the H5N1 avian flu, which is also cool, I suppose."
Source: http://science.slashdot.org/article....59225&from=rss