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'Killer T cells' raise hope of universal flu vaccine

a vaccine that can beat the flu, in whatever form it comes.

Professor Katherine Kedzierska Source: SBS

The yearly flu jab could be replaced by a world-first universal, one-shot vaccine.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou, Gareth Boreham

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The yearly flu jab could be replaced by a world-first universal, one-shot vaccine.


Australian researchers are hailing a major breakthrough in the development of a universal flu vaccine that protects against all strains of the virus.

Scientists at the Doherty Institute and Monash University say they have discovered immune cells that could fight off all forms of the flu virus, which could see an end to annual flu jabs. 

Depending on a patient's immune system, a cover-all flu shot would only be needed every 10 years, or potentially just once in a lifetime - and could help prevent thousands of deaths worldwide every year.

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