Nasal Vaccine: A Breakthrough in Covid-19 Prevention
Nasal Vaccine: A Breakthrough in Covid-19 Prevention, Scientists in Germany Create a Nasal Vaccine that Can Shut Down Covid-19 Infection.
The nasal vaccine, developed by scientists in Germany, has shown promising results in animal studies, blocking the virus from copying itself in the upper airways and achieving ‘sterilizing immunity’.
Researchers hope that this new approach to Covid-19 prevention will be more effective than traditional vaccines, which focus on building immunity in the blood rather than the mucous membranes.
The nasal vaccine works by weakening the virus so that it can be shown to the immune system without causing illness.
While the results are promising, vaccine experts caution that the vaccine still needs to be tested in humans and may require updates to target new variants of the virus.
Source: CNN