Article: Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have developed an experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for people by piggybacking it on the well-tested vaccinia vaccine that was used successfully to eradicate smallpox.(RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)

Scientists in Hong Kong and the United States have developed an experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for people by piggybacking it on the well-tested vaccinia vaccine that was used successfully to eradicate smallpox. Initial tests on mice showed the vaccine to be highly effective, they told a news conference in Hong Kong. "It produced a lot of (H5N1) antibodies and the speed of antibody response was far higher with this strategy than the Sanofi one," said Malik Peiris, a microbiologist and bird flu expert at the University of Hong Kong. Peiris was referring to Sanofi-Aventis SA's H5N1 bird flu vaccine for humans, which has been approved for use in the United States.

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