Microneedle-Based Vaccine Delivery: Review of an Emerging Technology.

ABSTRACT: Vaccination has produced a great improvement to the global health by decreasing/eradicating many infectious diseases responsible for significant morbidity and mortality. Thanks to vaccines, many infections affecting childhood have been greatly decreased or even eradicated (smallpox, measles, and polio). That is why great efforts are made to achieve mass vaccination against COVID-19. However, developed vaccines face many challenges with regard to their safety and stability. Moreover, needle phobia could prevent a significant proportion of the population from receiving vaccines. In this context, microneedles (MNs) could potentially present a solution to address these challenges. MNs represent single dose administration systems that do not need reconstitution or cold-chain storage. Being self

SUBMITTER: Mansoor I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8982652 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature