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Science Friday: Silk Stretches Drugs' Shelf Life to New Lengths AudioScience Friday: Silk Stretches Drugs' Shelf Life to New Lengths Audio
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Science Friday: Silk Stretches Drugs' Shelf Life to New Lengths

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David Kaplan, a biomedical engineer, discusses his lab's research into how to store vaccines and antibiotics without refrigeration. Their method involves wrapping them in silk. It holds great promise for making these medicines more easily available around the world, and has other promising applications in medicine as well. Aired July 13, 2012 [6:18 min]

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biomedical engineering, silk

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shelf life of drugs, shelf life of medications, shelf life of medicine, storing vaccines and antibiotics, vaccine preservation, biomedical engineering projects
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Science
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Audio
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For Administrator Use
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