A vaccine can be made in short time and induces robust immune response in mice and chickens against the deadly H5N1 virus
University of Pittsburgh researchers announced they have genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine (using adenovirus) from the critical components of the deadly H5N1 virus that completely protected mice and chickens from infection. Avian flu has devastated bird populations in Southeast Asia and Europe and so far has killed more than 80 people.
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