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Closing in on a universal vaccine: Nasal spray protects mice from respiratory viruses, bacteria and allergens (medicalxpress.com)

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https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aea1260

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[–] crank0271@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hopefully they can update the firmware OTA as needed (super big /s)

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

Sort of it IS OTA, as it's a nasal spray onto the nasal mucosa, and not an injection. Putting the vaccine onto the nasal mucosa, where it is expected to 'see' the infectious agent is a clever part of this research. Putting a vax into the patient's deltoid muscle is a bit of a distance from the nasal mucosa.