Episode 831
Universal Flu Vaccine
The first human clinical trial for a universal flu vaccine has had very promising results...
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
December 17, 20206m 23s
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Show Notes
The WHO estimates that up to 650,000 people globally die each year from the flu, and one of the tools in our arsenal against it is the seasonal flu vaccine. Recently there's been a huge breakthrough in the search for a universal flu vaccine, that is one vaccine that would give broad protection from lots of different strains of flu. Just published in the journal Nature Medicine, Eva Higginbotham spoke to one of the scientists behind the work: Lynda Coughlan... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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