Study offers practical guidance for future mRNA vaccine patch design

Study offers practical guidance for future mRNA vaccine patch design

New research could help make future mRNA vaccines easier to store and distribute.

Study supports mRNA patch progress

Image: RMIT New research involving RMIT University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School has identified conditions that could improve the stability of dry mRNA vaccine patches, potentially making future vaccines easier to store, transport and distribute. Published in Advanced Functional Materials, the study examined how the fragile lipid nanoparticles that carry mRNA behave when dried into the dissolvable m…

RMIT study advances design of dry mRNA vaccine patches

New research involving RMIT University has identified conditions that could improve the stability of dry mRNA vaccine patches, providing guidance for the future development of vaccines that are easier to store and distribute. The study, published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials, was conducted by researchers from RMIT University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard Medical School.  It examined how the lipid na…