Oxford University has found a way to store vaccines in stable temperatures. There will soon be no more need to store vaccines in fridges or anything else of that matter. Soon they will be stable enough to be stores in tropical temperatures only. The scientists who developed this is hoping it will help those in far away countries that have hundreds of people dying every single week. Since there will be no need to freeze the vaccines or anything, scientists are hoping they will be able to be used in these countries.
The team at Oxford that was working on this project discovered that they could store two different types of virus based vaccines. Vaccines that do not need a fridge has been one of the most major problems there were unsolved. The cost of shipping vaccines should decrease since now no freezers will be needed to be shipped along with the vaccines.
These vaccines getting stored at room temperature are still getting worked on until they are perfect.
http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2010/02/17/new_method_makes_vaccines_stable_at_tropical_temperatures.html
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