Insect cells provide the key to alternative swine flu vaccination
Monday, January 4, 2010 - 23:49
in Health & Medicine
Scientists in Vienna have developed a new technique for producing vaccines for H1N1, 'swine flu', based on insect cells. The research, published today in the Biotechnology Journal, reveals how influenza vaccines can be produced faster than through the traditional method of egg-based production, revealing a new strategy for the fight against influenza pandemics.