Promising results in mice on needle-free candidate universal vaccine against various flu viruses
Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
Scientists from the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) have discovered that an antigen common to most influenza viruses, and commonly referred to as matrix protein 2 (M2), when administered under the tongue could protect mice against experimental infection caused by various influenza viruses, including the highly pathogenic avian H5 virus and the pandemic H1 ("swine flu") virus.
