Insect cells provide the key to alternative swine flu vaccination
Monday, January 11, 2010 - 23:14
in Health & Medicine
Scientists in Vienna have developed a new technique for producing vaccines for H1N1 -- so-called swine flu -- based on insect cells. The research 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.