A truly universal flu vaccine continues to evade scientists, but it should be possible to develop a vaccine that offers broader strain protection – and lasts longer. Eric Weaver, assistant professor at the University of Nebraska, certainly believes we can do better when it comes to influenza vaccines; his team have developed a vaccine that carries the centralized genes for H1, H2, H3, and H5, with the aim of providing immunity against all evolved strains (1). We speak with Weaver to learn more.
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References
- A Lingel et al., “Efficacy of an adenoviral vectored multivalent centralized influenza vaccine”, Sci Rep, 7, 14912 (2017). PMID: 29097763.
