Other Diseases

Cholera vaccine delivered through a cup of rice water Vaccinations against prevalent pathogens could be ingested as oral or inhaled as nasal vaccines, this is due to the development of non-invasive vaccines, which target the mucous membranes. These could help fight a plethora of infectious diseases such as cholera, typhoid, rotavirus, norovirus, influenza and Streptococcus pneumoniae. Researchers at the International Research and Development Center for Mucosal Vaccines (IMV), the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo (IMSUT) have developed a rice-based oral vaccine called MucoRice and nanogel-based nasal vaccines for immunity against intestinal and re...