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A Molecular ‘Soccer Net’ Can Keep Life-Saving Drugs Stable

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Cold chains pose a critical barrier transporting and storing vaccines. A hydrogel could solve that problem.

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Much of the Western world was introduced to the promise (and peril) of cold chains—supply chain networks that keep products cool or frozen during storage and shipping—during the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, when suppliers struggled to deliver mRNA shots to those who needed them while keeping the jabs at their...

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