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UnavailableDemo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper | Mark Kendall
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Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper | Mark Kendall

FromTED Health


Currently unavailable

Demo: A needle-free vaccine patch that's safer and way cheaper | Mark Kendall

FromTED Health

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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Jan 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

One hundred sixty years after the invention of the needle and syringe, we're still using them to deliver vaccines; it's time to evolve. Biomedical engineer Mark Kendall demos the Nanopatch, a one-centimeter-by-one-centimeter square vaccine that can be applied painlessly to the skin. He shows how this tiny piece of silicon can overcome four major shortcomings of the modern needle and syringe, at a fraction of the cost.
Released:
Jan 14, 2014
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

From way-new medical breakthroughs to smart daily health habits, doctors and researchers share their discoveries about medicine and well-being onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.