A leading scientist believes a new universal vaccine that could protect the public from a potentially devastating flu pandemic, could be rolled out within the next couple of years.
An experimental vaccine has been discovered to protect mice and ferrets against severe influenza, which is based on the same mRNA technology used in the Covid jabs from Modern and Pfizer. It will pave the way for clinical trials in humans, the Guardian reports.
Professor John Oxford, who is a virologist at Queen Mary University in London, who was not involved in the work, but said the vaccine developed at the University of Pennsylvania could be ready for use the winter after next. He explained that the vastly experienced team had mixed 20 strains of flu together and got a response to every strain.
