Researchers Step Up Efforts To Develop A 'Universal' Flu Vaccine

Most efforts to develop a universal flu vaccine have focused on the lollipop-shaped hemagglutinin protein (pink in this illustration of a flu virus).

Scientists are pushing hard to find a more effective way to prevent nearly all seasonal flu strains with one shot. For starters: They're paying volunteers to spend a 10-day stint in "Hotel Influenza."

(Image credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Libra/Getty Images)



from News : NPR https://ift.tt/2PrQqqa

No comments

Powered by Blogger.