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Article: HEALTH: ; Researchers develop universal flu vaccine
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- January 30, 2009
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TOKYO - A group of researchers has developed a new vaccine
effective against many types of influenza, a breakthrough that could
be a possible silver bullet against new strains of the virus.
Although practical application of the vaccine is still several
years away, trials conducted on mice have shown promising results
even on flu strains that can quickly mutate.
Researchers from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases,
Hokkaido University, Saitama Medical University and chemical maker
NOF Corp. developed the groundbreaking vaccine. The team was working
under Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry.
Previous vaccines were developed based on proteins that look like
barbs covering the ...