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
Collaboration Shows Vaccine Candidate Can Produce Powerful âBroadly Neutralizing Antibodiesâ in Animal Models Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and the Janssen Pharmaceut... Read more
Each year, scientists create an influenza (flu) vaccine that protects against a few specific influenza strains that researchers predict are going to be the most common during that year. Now,... Read more
Memory code for flu-killing âassassinâ cells cracked in quest for one-shot flu âjabâ 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
Extending vaccination programme to 50-64 year olds should be explored further, say researchers The flu jab seems to almost halve the risk of heart attacks in middle aged people with narrowed... Read more
Since Prior Flu Exposure Dictates Your Future Immune Response, New Vaccine Regiments Can Be Rationally Developed, Researchers Say A team of scientists, led by researchers at The Wistar Insti... Read more
The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is being seriously underestimated The huge value of vaccinating more children and young adults for influenza is bei... 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