In the making
A universal drug to work against all strains of flu virus
influenza vaccine makers are often flummoxed by the changing nature of the virus. The makers need to keep producing new vaccines because the virus keeps mutating into new strains. World Health Organisation estimates that about 250,000 people die from influenza every year. A team of researchers tried to rework the basics of the influenza vaccine.
A vaccine basically contains the antigens from the pathogen it protects against. In some cases, it is the pathogen in a weak or deactivated form. The vaccine activates the body
Related Content
- First food: business of taste
- Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution by Nectar Life Sciences Limited, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, 21/11/2024
- Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding sewage discharge into storm water drains which meet river Yamuna, 21/11/2024
- Order of the Supreme Court of India regarding severe air pollution in Delhi NCR, 18/11/2024
- Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal mining in Gahnauli police station area of Bharatpur district, Rajasthan, 06/5/2024
- Recipe for a livable planet: achieving net zero emissions in the agrifood system