Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the post-eradication era
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 18:01
in Health & Medicine
While the goal of polio virus eradication is in sight, there are concerns about post-eradication manufacturing and stockpiling vaccine stores containing live virus that could escape and repopulate the environment. Researchers report the generation of new vaccine strains that appear both effective and unable to cause disease after accidental or intended release.