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Students devise oral quick-dissolve strips for rotavirus vaccine

05-14-2007 · EurekAlert!

A thin strip that dissolves in the mouth like a popular breath-freshener could someday provide life-saving rotavirus vaccine to infants in impoverished areas. The innovative drug-delivery system was developed by undergraduate biomedical engineering students.

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