Scientists develop 20-subtype mRNA flu vaccine to protect against future flu pandemics

Scientists develop 20-subtype mRNA flu vaccine to protect against future flu pandemics pennmedicine sciencemagazine

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"The idea here is to have a vaccine that will give people a baseline level of immune memory to diverse flu strains, so that there will be far less disease and death when the next fluoccurs," said study senior author Scott Hensley, Ph.D., a professor in of Microbiology at in the Perelman School of Medicine.

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