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Krishnāa Mahbubani has been developing a way to put vaccines
into suspended animation so they don’t need refrigerating.
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Some can, most need refrigeration.  Maintaining a "cold chain" for vaccines is a major problem when trying to vaccinate people in remote areas.

The smallpox vaccine could be freeze-dried, this made it easier to vaccinate the vast numbers, especially in Africa, required to eradicate the disease.