From African plants to vaccine preservative
By: by Nel Yomtov
Series: 21st century skills innovation library. Innovations from nature; Innovations from nature; 21st century skills innovation library
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781624317538; 9781624317590; 9781624317712; 9781624317651
Subjects: Biomimicry; Vaccines; Bionics; Desert plants; Drugs; Juvenile literature; Preservation
Description: Explains how nature has inspired technological innovations on the similarities between an African plant and the invention of a new way to preserve vaccines.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Keeping you healthy; title: A remarkable desert plant; title: How it's done; title: Trehalose's sweet future; title: Vaccine visionaries.