2/07/2011 PERMALINK
Flu vaccine breakthrough that targets proteins common to ALL strains of flu found effective in trials. A team led by Dr Sarah Gilbert at Oxford's Jenner Institute has developed and successfully tested the first universal flu vaccine engineered to work against all known strains of the illness. Traditional vaccines target an area on the viruses coat that mutates constantly, while this new vaccine targets a part of the flu virus that stays constant over time and across all strains.