Good news! This is long overdue! This research has long been neglected despite the annual suffering and deadly outcome of the flu. Covid-19 finally has shown that we are capable of defeating a pathogenic virus when we focus our efforts and bring sufficient resources to bear on a global scale!
"... Researchers at MIT and the Ragon Institute of MIT, MGH, and Harvard are now working on strategies for designing a universal flu vaccine that could work against any flu strain. In a study appearing today, they describe a vaccine that triggers an immune response against an influenza protein segment that rarely mutates but is normally not targeted by the immune system. The vaccine consists of nanoparticles coated with flu proteins that train the immune system to create the desired antibodies. In studies of mice with humanized immune systems, the researchers showed that their vaccine can elicit an antibody response targeting that elusive protein segment, raising the possibility that the vaccine could be effective against any flu strain. ..."
A step toward a universal flu vaccine | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology A step toward a universal flu vaccine
With computer models and lab experiments, researchers are working on a strategy for vaccines that could protect against any influenza virus.
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