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	Lifelong Flu Shot on the Horizon?

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6-17-2007 11:54 PM

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British scientists are 
developing a vaccine to 
give lifelong protection 
against all strains of flu.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
It would deal with everything 
from a winter virus to a bird flu 
outbreak.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
It is hoped the first human 
trials of FLU-v will start next year. If 
they go well, it could be on the 
market in three to five years.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
The new vaccine is based on 
other proteins, common to all 
strains of the virus, which have 
not mutated for 60 years.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
Rather than using antibodies 
to kill the virus, the new jab 
relies on the power of other 
immune system cells called 
cytotoxic T cells.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
Lab tests have shown that FLUvcan save mice given a dose of 
flu that would normally kill 
them.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965">
A universal flu jab is the 'holy 
grail' of researchers, potentially 
worth a fortune. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/technology/technology.html?in_article_id=462563&in_page_id=1965"><P>
Expert reaction was mixed last 
night. Professor Hugh 
Pennington, emeritus professor at 
Aberdeen University, said: "We 
are in real need of new types of 
vaccine. Anything that gives a 
more rapid response would be 
of great interest."
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