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world news - We May Soon Have a Lifelong, One-Shot Flu Vaccine

이산저산구름 2015. 9. 30. 11:40

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We May Soon Have a Lifelong, one-Shot Flu Vaccine

 

Right now, the uncomfortable truth is that / what every year, months before flu season actually strikes, scientists are forced to make educated guesses on which three to four strains of influenza virus to include in our vaccines. The decision - made by the World Health Organization in conjunction with the CDC and other health organizations - heavily relies for / on epidemiological data from previous flu outbreaks, such as when and where they occurred, whom they infected and what the outcome was.

 

Now, in a pair of studies in Science and Nature Medicine / Meditation, two teams separately reported a new way to create new vaccines by targeting a relatively stable part of the HA molecule - the stem.

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