By Richard Gray, The Telegraph
A vaccine that could end the need for annual winter flu injections by offering lifelong protection against all strains of the virus has been developed by British scientists.
The new universal flu vaccine, which researchers say only needs to be administered once, has been found to be effective against a number of different types of influenza, including deadly avian flu and pandemic swine flu strains.
Flu viruses are highly changeable so elderly people and pregnant women, who are particularly vulnerable to the illness, are currently given new vaccinations each year to ensure they are protected.
Small-scale clinical trials on the new vaccine - known as Flu-v - have shown it can significantly reduce infection and also cut the severity of symptoms. Results of the trials will be presented at an international conference this week by the London-based drug development company behind the vaccine.
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Scientists+work+vaccine+that+could+last+lifetime/5665062/story.html#ixzz1d2qskwzE
A vaccine that could end the need for annual winter flu injections by offering lifelong protection against all strains of the virus has been developed by British scientists.
The new universal flu vaccine, which researchers say only needs to be administered once, has been found to be effective against a number of different types of influenza, including deadly avian flu and pandemic swine flu strains.
Flu viruses are highly changeable so elderly people and pregnant women, who are particularly vulnerable to the illness, are currently given new vaccinations each year to ensure they are protected.
Small-scale clinical trials on the new vaccine - known as Flu-v - have shown it can significantly reduce infection and also cut the severity of symptoms. Results of the trials will be presented at an international conference this week by the London-based drug development company behind the vaccine.
Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Scientists+work+vaccine+that+could+last+lifetime/5665062/story.html#ixzz1d2qskwzE
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