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Friday, 07/16/2010 6:59:14 PM

Friday, July 16, 2010 6:59:14 PM

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Re: Universal Flu Vaccine (DVAX)

Researchers Zero In on Holy Grail of Flu Vaccines

www.reuters.com/article/idCNN1520935720100715

›Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:19pm EDT
By Maggie Fox

WASHINGTON, July 15 (Reuters) - A two-step flu vaccine using DNA to "prime" the immune system and then a traditional seasonal influenza vaccine may be able to protect against all strains of the virus -- providing a long-sought "universal" flu vaccine, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.

The team at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases is already testing the new vaccine in people and says the results of tests in mice, ferrets and monkeys suggest the industry may finally be able to dump the cumbersome process of making fresh flu vaccines every year....

DVAX is attempting the same thing (#msg-52059960 ), albeit via an apparently different approach.

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