OHSU receives grant from Gates Foundation to develop universal flu vaccine

Oregon Health& Science University received a grant from the Gates Foundation to develop the Holy Grail of vaccines: a universal flu vaccine. OHSU is one of about six institutions that are splitting up to $12 million through the Grand Challenge for Universal Influenza Vaccine Development. The basis for OHSU’s effort will be its cytomegalovirus platform, which it is already using to develop vaccines against HIV and tuberculosis. The i nfluenza virus would be inserted into the CMV vector to stimulate…
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