British scientists claim flu vaccine breakthrough
Source: news.yahoo.com
Scientists in Britain have successfully tested a vaccine which could work against all known flu strains, the Guardian newspaper reported Monday.The new vaccine, developed by scientists at Oxford University, differs from traditional treatments by targeting proteins inside the flu virus rather than proteins on the flu’s external coat.
The two proteins within the virus are similar across strains and less likely to mutate, meaning new vaccines would not have to be developed for each new strain of the illness.
Traditional vaccines stimulate the body to produce antibodies to fight the flu, whereas the new treatment, developed by a team led by Sarah Gilbert, boosts the production of T-cells, which identify and kill infected cells.
"Fewer of the people who were vaccinated got flu than the people who weren’t vaccinated," said Gilbert.
"We did get an indication that the vaccine was protecting people, not only from the numbers of people who got flu but also from looking at their T-cells before we gave them flu.
"The volunteers we vaccinated had T-cells that were activated, primed and ready to kill."
If successfully developed, the new vaccine could prevent outbreaks such as the recent swine flu pandemic, which cost the government £1.2 billion in vaccine preparation.
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Ed Note: "...the recent swine flu pandemic, which cost the government £1.2 billion in vaccine preparation."
The costs were due to "Vaccine preparation", but were not incurred by people actually having the swine flu?
It’s interesting they should mention all those ’preparation’ costs they willingly took on board:
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Salt or Flu Vaccine?
This year’s big freeze has taught the UK government that lesson in stock control: ministers have insufficient salt to grit roads but more swine-flu vaccine than it needs.
Stock control has advanced beyond Wilson’s Formula or Just-in-Time inventory control. The flu and salt decisions were about risk management– and ministers have been left searching the world for salt supplies while trying to dump unwanted vaccines. Source
They spent BILLIONS of pounds on vaccine preparation, only to throw it all away, unused. And now they’re applauding the fact that they’ve come out with an ALL NEW flu vaccine that possibly "could work" or "could prevent outbreaks".
Are we simply watching history repeat itself?
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