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DAKAR, 5 March 2010 (IRIN) - No more needles or special medical training to administer vaccines - that is the hope driving new research in Germany into vaccines that could be sniffed. The "c-di-IMP" molecule being tested on mice might one day be able to bring down vaccination costs, boost immunity, and be used in nasal vaccine sprays, according to the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research. "Mucosal [nasal] vaccines can prevent not . . .

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