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Article: Health Buzz: Universal Flu Vaccine and Other Health News.(Blog entry)
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- U.S. News & World Report
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- February 5, 2009
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Byline: January W. Payne
A study in mice shows that a new flu vaccine may help guard against many influenza types (http://www.mercurynews.com/nationworld/ci_11630520), though it's probably several years from becoming available for human use, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Experiments indicate that the vaccine was useful even against flu strains that mutate. The vaccine was developed by researchers at Japan's National Institute of Infectious Diseases, chemical maker NOF Corp., Hokkaido University, and Saitama Medical University--all working under the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry in Japan. The team developed the vaccine by targeting proteins inside the ...