Researchers from the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology have demonstrated pre-clinical success for a universal flu vaccine. Influenza is thought to be a highly variable virus, able... Read more
A vaccine combining centralized ancestral genes from four major influenza strains appears to provide broad protection against the dangerous ailment, according to new research by a team from... Read more
A seasonal flu shot is a bit like a local weather forecast: Based on the conditions elsewhere and the direction of the prevailing wind, a meteorologist can give the public a pretty good idea... Read more
Research finds special flu-fighting cells in our noses that not only stop the influenza virus in its tracks, but could also open the way for a one-shot flu vaccine A sneeze is often the firs... Read more
Researchers at the University of Georgia and Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today the development of a vaccine that protects against multiple strains of both seas... Read more
Memory code for flu-killing ‘assassin’ cells cracked in quest for one-shot flu ‘jab’ for life A University of Melbourne-led research team has cracked the riddle of how flu-killing immunity c... Read more
Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine by using the 2009 pandemic to study why some people seem to resist severe illness. Researchers at Imperial College London a... Read more
With this breakthrough the immune system can learn to recognize any type of flu virus and attack the pathogen, preventing illness. A new process to make a one-time, universal influenza vacci... Read more
Image via Wikipedia The rapidly mutating strains of flu virus have so far thwarted efforts to develop a vaccine that could knock out all varieties with a single injection, but recent advance... Read more