Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 May 2019
New made-in-Canada technique could revolutionise vaccine transportation
21 May 2019 - Researchers in Ontario have developed a new method of transporting life-saving vaccines to remote and impoverished regions of the world at only a fraction of the cost of current techniques.
The research team from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. has found a way to eliminate current costly refrigeration methods or “cold-chain constant storage,” which stores vaccines at a temperature between 2 C and 8 C in order to keep them viable.
“One of the biggest problems is the need for refrigeration or what we call the cold-chain,” lead author Vincent Leung, an assistant professor of chemical engineering at McMaster University, told CTV’s Your Morning on Tuesday. “Right now, almost all vaccines on the market are required to be refrigerated from manufacturing all the way to the end user.”
