VACCINATION – An injection in the nose rather than in the arm might make it possible to no longer contaminate the people around us, thus preventing the virus from circulating, according to the INRAE-University of Tours research director at the parasitic immunology laboratory
What if nasal vaccines might end the pandemic? of coronavirus ? This is what a team of French researchers from INRAE-University of Tours hopes, called BioMAP, who is working on this new type of vaccine once morest Covid-19.
Rest assured when we talk regarding “nasal vaccine”, we are not talking regarding a shot like traditional intramuscular vaccines. “We will put right at the entrance door of the nostrils, so it will absolutely not be an invasive gesture”, explains Isabelle Dimier-Poisson, INRAE-University of Tours research director in the parasitic immunology laboratory.
Two immune responses in one vaccine
But, following the PCR and antigenic test, why always want to go following our noses? “Our vaccine will solicit an immune response that is said to be systemic, general, but in addition to this immune response, we will induce an immune response in the nasal cavities”, explains Isabelle Dimier-Poisson, also co-founder of the start-up. up LoValTech, which is piloting this 100% French vaccine project.
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