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There’s the flu vaccine. The covid shot. The RSV shot. What if all of these\u2014and more\u2014could be combined into a single, vaccine? That’s what immunologist Bali Pulendran is working on in his lab. For this episode in our Tech Camp series, Regina G. Barber talks to him about how far he’s gotten, how far he has to go and why our ancient immune system is the key to it all. Plus they discuss how the vaccine may not be a shot at all\u2014but a needle-free nasal spray.<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s the flu vaccine. The covid shot. The RSV shot\u2026 What if all of these\u2014and more\u2014could be combined into one universal<\/em> vaccine? That\u2019s what immunologist Bali Pulendran<\/a> is working on in his lab. For this episode in our Tech Camp series, Regina G. Barber<\/a> talks to him about how far he\u2019s gotten, how far he has to go and why our ancient immune system is the key to it all. Plus they discuss how the vaccine may not be a shot at all\u2014but a needle-free nasal spray.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sources:\u00a0<\/strong>
Mucosal vaccination in mice provides protection from diverse respiratory threats<\/a>
Non-specific effects of BCG vaccine on viral infections<\/a><\/p>\n

Interested in more science of the future? Email us your question at <\/em>shortwave@npr.org<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. It includes perks like bonus episodes, early access, archive access, curated playlists and sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <\/em>plus.npr.org<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-wave"],"yoast_head":"\nCould this nasal spray replace all your vaccines one day? - Best USA Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bestusamoverss.com\/?p=6677\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Could this nasal spray replace all your vaccines one day? - Best USA Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There\u2019s the flu vaccine. 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