Alternative Swine Flu Vaccination Provided By Insect Cells

Scientists in Vienna have developed a new technique for producing vaccines for H1N1, ’swine flu’, based on insect cells. The research, published in the Biotechnology Journal, reveals how influenza vaccines can be produced faster than through the traditional method of egg-based production, revealing a new strategy for the fight against influenza pandemics…

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Filed under: Flu / SARS on January 8th, 2010