Researchers work to create nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine
KVUE, August 8, 2022
The Austin TV news station interviewed Dr. Ashok Chopra, distinguished professor of microbiology and immunology at UTMB, about this research that uses a bacteriophage platform for the vaccine tested on mice. Other TV stations in central and west Texas picked up the KVUE report. The Houston Chronicle also reported “Scientists sniff out next-generation COVID vaccine.” “The nasal vaccine does not seem to affect the gut microbiota and is more potent in generating systemic and mucosal immune responses than when the vaccine is injected into the muscle of mice,” Chopra said.