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Under Malaysia (other countries as well) immunization program, none of us can escape from being immunize, conventional method for immunization is injection. Injection, what a terrifying word, some (I think should be ‘most’) of us rather sick to death than seeking help from doctor which might end up facing consequence of delivering medication into our skin through a NEEDLE! We got no choice but trying very hard to stay calm despite adrenaline is producing like crazy, because we don’t want sudden contraction of our muscle lead to NEEDLE breakage into two and left part of it inside our body…

However, thanks to Afendi Dahla, a 27 years old young Malaysian researcher currently pursuing his PhD in the University of London for providing an alternative to needles! This Malaysia-born-handsome-genius has invented a device which allow increasing permeability of the skin by applying low-frequency ultrasound together with sodium dodecyl sulphate on the skin, allowing the skin to absorb liquid-form-vaccine on the skin surface which applied later by using a dropper.The test had proven successful with tetanus vaccine on rats.

THIS WON’T HURT: Afendi demonstrating a jab with a probe sonicator at the School of Pharmacy, University of London. As an undergraduate at Universiti Malaya four years ago, he was so traumatised by the nurse taking his blood sample for Hepatitis B screening that he vowed to find a solution that would do away with needles. — Picture courtesy of AFENDI DAHLAN

What a genius. He MUST success in order to save million of life! Let wish him all the best!

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