St. Jude gets $34M to study flu virus
St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital was founded to fight cancer but is also among the global leaders in influenza research.
A person’s lifelong response to the flu may be determined early in life, and a new effort led St. Jude aims to understand that process. And, that research may eventually help create a u niversal flu vaccine.
“There is evidence that the very first flu virus encountered — whether as an infection or vaccination — ‘imprints’ on the developing immune system and…
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