Researchers develop method for storing vaccines at room temp

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne‘s Supramolecular Nanomaterials and Interfaces Laboratory have developed methods for 3 additives to help store vaccines at room temperature. The team’s work was published in Nature Communications. 

The need to keep vaccines within a temperature range of 2-8°C contributes to low immunization-coverage rates, because shipping the medicines in an unbroken temperature-controlled supply chain is a logistical and costly endeavor in remote areas. But this team of researchers devised a way to use small quantities of nanoparticles, FDA-approved polymer, or higher amounts of sucrose to stabilize the medicines at room temperature for long periods of time.

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