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INVENTIONS: AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

A Flu Vaccine That Skips the Needle

By GOLIDE BLUMENSTYK

What it is: A flu vaccine that uses a live virus and is administered through a nasal spray

The market: An estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of all Americans contract the flu each season, more than 100,000 a year require hospitalization, and about 36,000 die from the flu and its complications annually,...

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