Vaccine against all strains of virus hailed as major step in protecting against potentially devastating flu pandemic The new vaccine is designed to prime the immune system against all 20 subtypes of influenza A and B, potentially arming the body to tackle any flu virus that arises. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PAIan Sample Science editor@iansample Fri 25...
by Georgia State University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new universal flu vaccine protects against diverse variants of both influenza A and B viruses in mice, according to a new study by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University. The researchers designed a single, universal influenza vaccine candidate with key cross-protective,...
by National University of Singapore Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Influenza is a major global public health concern and a huge economic burden to societies. Seasonal influenza epidemics afflict between 13 to 100 million individuals annually, including three to five million cases of severe illness and 300,000 to 600,000 deaths worldwide. This represents a top global...
by University of Chicago Medical Center This digitally-colorized transmission electron microscopic image depicts the ultrastructural details of an influenza virus particle. New research from an immunology team at the University of Chicago may shed light on the challenges of developing a universal flu vaccine that would provide long-lasting and broad protection against influenza viruses. The study, published October...
BY DAN ROBITZSKI MIT scientists just made important progress toward a universal flu vaccine — an inoculation against all influenza viruses at once. When we’re vaccinated against a flu, our immune system generates antibodies that target a protein on the virus called hemagglutinin (HA). It turns out that the difference between a seasonal flu shot...
