Broadening immune protection by supplementing the seasonal flu vaccine
Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 11:33
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supplementing seasonal flu vaccines with a viral protein that remains relatively constant may provide broader protection against emerging flu strains such as the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain, scientists from Emory University School of Medicine have shown. The results are published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early Edition.