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Flu vaccine shows promise in combating all strains

Scientists from the Vaccine Research Center and the Laboratory of Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, have developed a new flu vaccination that is seen as a step toward combating all flu...

22 September, 2015

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Scientist working on vaccine that provides lifetime protection against flu

Scientists have found a way to induce antibodies to fight a wide range of influenza subtypes, an advance that could one day eliminate the need for repeated seasonal flu shots. Scientists from The Scripps Research...

28 August, 2015

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Treating patient, not virus, could beat many flu strains at once

A radical new approach to fighting influenza could not only save countless lives each year, it could pave the way for other drugs in the future. Called Vasculotide, it represents a paradigm shift in the thinking of...

12 June, 2015

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Working towards a one shot life-long flu vaccine

An extraordinary breakthrough in influenza research moves us closer to the development of a vaccine that can protect against all new influenza viruses, with the potential of developing a one-off universal flu shot. The...

4 June, 2015

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Vaccines developed for H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza strains

A recent study with Kansas State University researchers details vaccine development for two new strains of avian influenza that can be transmitted from poultry to humans. The strains have led to the culling of millions...

25 May, 2015

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Shared genes identified between chicken virus, H7N9 in China

The prevalence and variation of the H9N2 chicken virus may reveal insights into the ongoing Chinese influenza A (H7N9) outbreak, according to data recently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

12 January, 2015

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Hong Kong’s Dr Sophie Valkenburg part of team working on lifelong flu shot

Hong Kong doctor part of team working on new type of influenza vaccination that promises to be more effective and much longer lasting. Cooler weather heralds the peak influenza season in Hong Kong, and it’s time...

1 December, 2014

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Flu vaccine may be most effective in patients not vaccinated in past 5 years

Influenza vaccination appears to confer protection against influenza infection regardless of a patient’s vaccination history, according to recent findings. The vaccine appears to offer the greatest protection, however...

29 October, 2014

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Anatomy of a virus

A mass spectrometry-based analysis of influenza virions provides a detailed view of their composition. A spherical influenza virion is an orderly hodgepodge comprised of hundreds of proteins that originate from both the...

17 September, 2014

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Study identifies potential for pandemic flu viruses

Circulating avian influenza viruses were recently shown to have genetic similarities to the pandemic Spanish flu virus of 1918, which resulted in an estimated 40 million deaths. A team of researchers led by the...

20 June, 2014

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