Use of nanotechnology in immunization
23 August 2008Hepatitis B is still a major disease in many poor countries and according to an estimate more than 400 million people are infected by the disease worldwide. Hepatitis B causes more than 1 million deaths annually and therefore it requires some modern techniques for abolishing the disease from the planet.
The current available vaccines requires to be stored under refrigerated conditions and every time you immunize a person you need a sterilized needle, these two conditions are major drawback of the current treatment system. Scientists at the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences at theUniversity of Michigan have created a new technique that does not require use of needle.
This technique uses a new delivery system through the nose of the child or the person, which is very easy and far better than the existing vaccine. Researchers prepared nanoemulsions of 400-nanometer droplet size containing hepatitis B antigen using soybean oil, alcohol, water and detergents.
The new nasal immunization of the hepatitis B will not require stringent refrigerator requirement and it will not cause any inflammatory affect at nasal site. The new drug will also require fewer administrations as than the current, which requires three shots during a period of six months.
Related Posts:
- No related posts
Top Of Page | Trackback
If you found this page useful, consider linking to it. Simply copy and paste the code below into your web site.
It will look like this: Use of nanotechnology in immunization
Nanotechnology’s importance in the immunization area is huge. Imagine a vaccine that protects you from everything…
David