Temperature sensor could help safeguard mRNA vaccines (IMAGE)

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Temperature sensor could help safeguard mRNA vaccines

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When the temperature of a glass vial containing simulated vaccine rises above -60 C for longer than 2 minutes, a blue dye in an adjacent tube diffuses into a white absorbent, leaving an irreversible color trace.

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Adapted from <i>ACS Omega</i> <b>2021</b>, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c00404

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