Coming soon: A more effective, hassle-free and
long-lasting universal flu vaccine
Very soon, a universal flu vaccine
that has to be injected a few times over the course of a lifetime can be
reality. Thanks to a group of researchers from the University of Pennsylvania’s
Perelman School of Medicine that recently announced that by reversing how a few
flu strains attacked a flu virus’ protein structure, they have been able to
safeguard mice, rabbits and ferrets from these flu strains, stated a latest
media report. This study has been published in Nature Communications.
“If it works in humans even half as well as it does in
mice, then the sky’s the limit—it could be something that everyone uses in the
future to protect themselves from the flu,” reportedly said Scott Hensley,
co-senior author and an associate professor of microbiology.
The latest vaccine called Penn’s vaccine
would lessen the physical pain and trouble of visiting a clinic frequently for
getting a flu shot and would also work efficiently in protecting against flu.
Also, the vaccine that we are used to at present is basically based on the
guesses and predictions of the early researchers, suggest the experts under
which the patients get injected with the best-guess vaccine that creates
antibodies over a couple of weeks and strengthens the body immune system to
tackle the particular virus.
However, here is a challenge with the present vaccine. As the
protective ability of this vaccine depends completely on the researchers’
ability to predict, its efficacy rate drops down. Also, the issue of mutation
can make the vaccine less effective. This is where the latest vaccine comes to
your rescue. Its responses were much enhanced compared to the existing vaccine.
The antibody response was strong as well as long-lasting. It lasted for about
30 weeks following the experiment.
“When we first started testing this vaccine, we were
blown away by the magnitude of the antibody response,” Hensley reportedly said.
24.08.2018
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