Posted on 11/25/2024 1:13:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
Needle-free nano-vaccine, cheap to produce, requires no refrigeration and is administered as nasal spray, making it accessible to developing nations.y
A pair of scientists from Israel and Portugal have developed an inexpensive and effective new nano-vaccine against Covid-19, which can be stored at room temperature and administered as a nasal spray.
The breakthrough vaccine trains the immune system against all common Covid-19 variants with the same efficiency as existing vaccines.
But it does not require an injection or a cold supply chain and cold storage, making it ideal for vaccinating at-risk populations in developing countries and in remote regions.
In addition, the scientists believe it paves the way to the development of simpler, more effective, and less expensive vaccines in the future.
Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro from Tel Aviv University’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences developed the vaccine in collaboration with Prof. Helena Florindo at the University of Lisbon.
“The new nano-vaccine’s development was inspired by a decade of research on cancer vaccines,” said Satchi-Fainaro. “When the Covid-19 pandemic began, we set a new goal: training our cancer platform to identify and target the coronavirus.”
Satchi-Fainaro said the researchers did not rely on full protein expression via mRNA, unlike the Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines.
“Instead, using our computational bioinformatics tools, we identified two short and simple amino acid sequences in the virus’s protein, then synthesized them, and encapsulated them in nanoparticles.”
“Our nano-vaccine offers a significant advantage over existing vaccines because it is needle-free and administered as a nasal spray,” said Satchi-Fainaro.
“This eliminates the need for skilled personnel such as nurses and technicians to administer injections, while also reducing risks of contamination and sharps [biohazardous] waste. Anyone can use a nasal spray, with no prior training.”
Stored as powder, as effective as Pfizer
Another major advantage of the nano-vaccine is its minimal storage requirements.
Moderna’s sensitive mRNA-based vaccine must be kept at -20°C and Pfizer’s at -70°C, generating great logistic and technological challenges, such as shipping in special aircraft and ultra-cold storage from the factory to the vaccination station.
The synthetic nanoparticles are far more durable and can be stored as a powder at room temperature.
“There’s no need for freezing or special handling,” said Satchi-Fainaro. “You just mix the powder with saline to create the spray. For testing purposes [as part of the EU’s ISIDORe Integrated Services for Infectious Disease Outbreak Research feasibility program] we shipped the powder at room temperature to the INSERM infectious diseases lab in France. Their tests showed that our nano-vaccine is at least as effective as Pfizer’s vaccine.”
Aside from its value to developing countries, Satchi-Fainaro said the plug-and-play technology provides a platform enabling scientists to synthesize more effective and affordable vaccines for future pandemics.
“[The technology] can train the immune system to fight cancer or infectious diseases like Covid-19. We are currently expanding its use to target a range of additional diseases, enabling the rapid development of relevant new vaccines when needed,” she said.
The research has received grants from the Israel Innovation Authority and Merck under the Nofar program, as well as funding from Spain’s La Caixa Foundation Impulse as an accelerated program, and support from the ISIDORe feasibility program.
It is also part of a broader vaccine platform development program at Satchi-Fainaro’s lab, supported by a European Research Council Advanced Grant.
So we’ve gone from needing to preserve the jabs at a super-cold level, to an inhaled/sprayed powder?
(All bad news, of course.)
When the current vaccines were rolled out Israel was one of the nations with the highest immunization rates. They were/are one of the sickest for it. Why would they, of all people, try and continue to develop mRNA vaccines that are proven to maim and kill?
they will now be spraying the masses. since not enough of us have taken the vaccine to be controllable.
O goody.
What a coincidence. My immune system does the EXACT same thing!
-PJ
I shall continue with my daily dose of 125 mcg D3. It has kept me and my wife and progeny flu/cold free for about 23 years including during he WuFlu scam.
Chances are they will be dead in a year or two.
You got me
Controllability is a lesser consideration than lethality. MRNa vax has killed more people than WuFlu did. Check out the Died Suddenly that is a new spreading malady.
My brother’s had shots and multiple boosters and he now has COVID for the FIFTH time. He’s having yet another booster and they told him it would really, really work this time.
Poor deluded brother.
Speaking of dusted, a serious question. Has anyone noticed a significant increase of dust accumulation at home and in your vehicle that started showing up about 2 years ago and repeats on a regular basis?
It's a sudden appearance first noticed on, in my case, the table next to our bed. By the end of the day it's pretty much everywhere especially where electricity, electronics and plastic is involved.
It's a very fine dust with an occasional 1/4 inch length strand that may include an angled section more often than not.
It's persistent nature is noted when it is in the vehicle before we are and the doors were locked and the windows securely shut tight after our previous outing.
Rather annoying in these days of so little trust in science and even less in a government filled with hateful democrats.
Well...looks like you got the logic genes in the family.
They can shove it right straight up their gay little arses and spray it in there till the cows come home...
“We are Borg. you will be assimilated. resistance is futile” applies. unless, of course, we all resist.
first question; are there any short or long term side affects? If those aren’t addressed nobody will take it.
Sounds promising. Still gotta’ jump through all the hoops. Would the byproducts of the metabolism of these amino acid sequences...(could be called “oligopeptides”) cause other problems?...Let the vetted, unbiased, long term research begin. (Unlike what we saw during COVID 19 era)
Sounds like they are using a PEPTIDE(amino acid polymer)...proteins are peptides...the technique is not using mRNA at all according to the text.
FYI, RTA carefully, and Freegards
Yes, I mentioned to husband its sudden appearance. I’m a clutterer with floor to ceiling shelves filled with THINGS down a 42’ long hallway. I NOTICE more dust. It’s everywhere and hasn’t stopped yet. Greater Boston.
“They’re bound and determined they are gonna get that shit in everybody’s body one way or another“
My exact thought upon reading this tripe.
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