Vaccine breakthrough brings researchers closer to eliminating polio worldwide
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 - 10:50
in Health & Medicine
SC researchers have developed a polio vaccine that doesn’t require refrigeration, meaning it could someday be used all over the world to deliver the final blow to this longtime foe. The vaccine, which was freeze-dried into a powder, kept at room temperature for four weeks and then rehydrated, offered full protection against the polio virus […]