Scientists discover 'blue print' for revolutionary universal flu vaccine

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Scientists have discovered the ?blue print? for a revolutionary universal flu vaccine that could protect against all strains of seasonal influenza ? even new deadly new viruses never encountered before.

A study which involved a rapidly-organised ?natural experiment? triggered by the swine flu pandemic of autumn 2009 has uncovered strong evidence that a set of naturally occurring immune cells could play a crucial role in the body's resistance to flu.

More than 300 staff and students at Imperial College London were recruited for the study at the start of the pandemic and their conditions monitored for the length of the outbreak. The findings were published in the journal Nature Medicine on Sunday.

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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...olutionary-universal-flu-vaccine-8832988.html

 

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Re: Scientists discover 'blue print' for revolutionary universal flu vaccine

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Re: Scientists discover 'blue print' for revolutionary universal flu vaccine

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-24175030
Oxford:
"This sort of effect can't be that powerful or we'd never have pandemics.
It's not going to solve all the problems of influenza, but could add to the range of vaccines.
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Gilbert:
"Live attenuated influenza vaccines which are given by nasal spray and will be used in
children in the UK from this autumn are much better at increasing the number of
influenza-specific T cells
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Almond:
http://www.virology.ws/2013/09/03/jeffrey-almond-on-vaccine-development/
10:54:
not a trivial problem
http://savaccine.org/doc/Vaccine_production_distribution_access_and_uptake.pdf
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