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Ultrasound can push vaccines into the body without needles (www.newscientist.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Vaccines can be delivered through the skin using ultrasound. This method doesn’t damage the skin and eliminates the need for painful needles. To create a needle-free vaccine, Darcy Dunn-Lawless at the University of Oxford and his colleagues mixed vaccine molecules with tiny, cup-shaped proteins. They then applied liquid mixture to the skin of mice and exposed it to ultrasound – like that used for sonograms – for about a minute and a half.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

My worst was my GP/PCP saying all men are a little ADHD. I got an official diagnosis with ease. Now I use a doctor recommended by a friend and she's fantastic. All my docs are women now, and I only use men for mental health stuff. It's worth it hunting down the right people if you can. I'm kinda lucky with my insurance. I use a badass local pharmacy, too, and their competence is mind blowing compared to big corporate pharmacies.

What fucked me up with the nurse was that the first time I met him he just finished the infusion. Took the tape off and pretty much dropped the IV rig. It just bruised a bit, but was distressing to watch. The second time I saw him I was like "oh fuck oh shit" but he had no problems. Got it on the first attempt. Painless. He's just way too chill on the back end.