A team at Oxford University has had success testing a vaccine that can neuter any strain of flu virus. Photograph: Science Photo Library
Posted on 02/06/2011 3:35:45 PM PST by null and void
A team at Oxford University has had success testing a vaccine that can neuter any strain of flu virus. Photograph: Science Photo Library
The treatment ... targets a different part of the flu virus to traditional vaccines, meaning it does not need to be expensively reformulated every year to match the most prevalent virus that is circulating the world.
Developed by a team led by Dr Sarah Gilbert at Oxford's Jenner Institute, the vaccine targets proteins inside the flu virus that are common across all strains, instead of those that sit on the virus's external coat, which are liable to mutate.
If used widely a universal flu vaccine could prevent pandemics... and end the need for a seasonal flu jab.
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The process of developing a seasonal vaccine takes at least four months and if the flu strain is highly pathogenic – as in 1918 when millions of people died – the delay means more people get sick and die before the vaccine is ready.
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While traditional vaccines prompt the body to create antibodies, Gilbert's vaccine boosts the number of the body's T-cells, another key part of the immune system. These can identify and destroy body cells that have been infected by a virus.
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Though a small study, it was significant in that it was the first vaccine of its type to be tested on people.
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It is believed that the vaccine could provide better protection against flu for older people. The Jenner Institute scientists are already testing it on people over 50, a group that does not respond so well to traditional vaccines.
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Didn't anyone tell this reporter we're not to use words like 'kill' and 'target'? Very non-PC.
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Never going to happen on a large scale, too much money being made off the flu, sadly it’s same thing with cancer.
Or it will be required...
I’ve heard that conspiracy theory time and again, and it’s bull. If another major scourge could be wiped from the earth (as was the case for smallpox) then the people who would have perished or suffered from it go on to meet other maladies later in life. Competent doctors will never be wanting for business except when the market is distorted such as by Obamacare.
You are exactly correct. We have more cancer because people are generally healthier and living longer.
Posted something similar to this just a short time ago but that wasn't ready for human sacrifice testing.
Is that a real photo of a virus or something? Because I’d like earrings that look like that.
If this is true, it will over-populate the planet....Something else will have to kill us now.
It’s a cookbook.
It’s soylent green.
It’s soma.
And no matter what it is or who commenced it, I’m against it. /tinfoil
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More nonsense.......assuming your premise, where is more money to be made, from cancer treatment or cancer prevention?
AFAIK it's a photo of a real virus.
Because I’d like earrings that look like that.
They'd be pretty small...
Does this mean that people with already over-active immune systems will not be able to get the shot?
No idea.
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