Grayson Decker - Candidate for universal flu vaccine protects against multiple strains
Flu vaccines are already a thing, but sometimes they don't work against influenza strains. The flu is always changing what its made of every year, making the vaccine against it constantly have to update. With this new vaccine that is still in development from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, there might be a more permanent fix. Instead of using HA proteins, it uses "mRNA molecules that encode HA proteins to elicit and antibody response". So instead of being vaccinated with immunity to just one type of influenza strain, your body and create antibody's to the constantly developing virus. Even though this sounds perfect, it is yet to be tested on humans and only on mice so far.
When the Europeans came to the new world and brought diseases, the natives had no protections against them. Their bodies were not developed to take on even seemingly small things like small pox. Had they had something like this, and injectable vaccine, the history between the natives and Europeans may have been a lot different.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/08/180822082433.htm
I found this very interesting; I haven’t previously heard about this new influenza shot. I personally have never gotten the flu shot, and have never had the flu so I feel like I can’t really speak from experience, but I think that this will be great for those who stick by getting the shot and are positively affected by it.
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I cant figure out how this works. so the mrna programs the proteins so they can program according to the strain of the flu you have? thats dumb crazy :)): ;.'
ReplyDeleteIts great to see this to fight this illness that affects so many people every year. hopefully it works and the shot wont have to update much further.
ReplyDeleteThis topic is new to me, but I do think this permanent solution will help prevent those affected by the flu every year. Many family members of mine have gotten the flu every year, but I haven't personally. Hopefully this updated version of the shot helps prevents them from encountering the flu. - Ariana Oliver
ReplyDeleteHopefully this works tp eliminate the inconsistency we have every year between the shots, because that makes them unreliable sometimes.
ReplyDeleteThis new influenza shot hopefully will work better than the last. -Bryn Bohannan
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