New Technology Speeding Progress on Bird Flu Vaccine

Even as U.S. officials this week awaited the arrival of a sample of the new bird flu virus from China - typically the first step in making a flu vaccine - government-backed researchers had already begun testing a "seed" strain of the virus made from the genetic code posted on the Internet.Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Pages: Bird Flu, Immunization
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