End of the flu?

Scientists have discovered a potential "universal" flu vaccine that uses injected monoclonal antibodies selective against a non-mutating part of the influenza virus that is shared by a significant number of known strains, including H5N1 (bird flu) and H1N1 (Spanish flu-- cause of the 1918 pandemic). I hope this delivers because this has the potential to literally wipe the flu off the map if it proves as effective in humans as it seems to be in the study on lab animals. Bet you big pharma will try to kill this so it can continue to make money off of yearly flu vaccines, just like it resists funding research into better treatments for other common illnesses such as diabetes.

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