SCIENTISTS USE MRNA TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A POTENT FLU VACCINE THAT COULD LAST FOR YEARS
SCIENTISTS USE MRNA TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A POTENT FLU VACCINE THAT COULD LAST FOR YEARS The latest effort to make a universal influenza vaccine targets more influenza viral proteins using the same technology used in Covid-19 jabs. IN THE SPRING OF 1933 , three scientists at the U.K.’s Medical Research Council received a treasure trove of vials containing human mucus from sick hospital patients. It was gross, yes, but not unwarranted: The culprit behind what had caused the 1918 influenza pandemic was still at large. Months later, the trio of scientists published a paper that found that a virus, not a novel strain of bacteria like some within the scientific community originally thought, was to blame. Over the following decades, other scientists unfurled the gnarly branches of the large influenza family tree, gathering enough information to formulate a vaccine, which (hopefully) most of us get before every flu season. But here’s the catch: Influenza is a master shapeshifter. Every year