Six, for example, are working on ways to deliver vaccines through nasal sprays, inhalers, skin patches or drinks.
The 120th was called upon to deliver vaccines to Silverton.
Tomatoes (along with potatoes, bananas and other plants) are being investigated as vehicles for delivering edible vaccines.
Some day, "golden rice" will nourish the malnourished and bananas will be re-engineered to deliver vaccines.
Microemulsions are used to deliver vaccines and kill microbes.
Under Berkley's leadership, the Alliance plans to deliver vaccines to another quarter of a billion children and prevent four million more deaths by 2015.
The former focuses on fighting malnutrition and the latter on developing new ways to deliver vaccines more effectively to developing countries.
Effective transport and logistic systems are crucial for delivering drugs, vaccines and supplies, supervising staff and generally supporting health services.
The weeklong exercise showed that the government needed to improve plans for delivering vaccines and antibiotics to those exposed to a deadly agent, administration officials said.
Their company had invented the technology, working on an NIH grant designed to develop an easier way than needles to deliver vaccines.