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The third method in that CDC link says it was approved in 2013. But I gather that's a new productions/replication method as opposed to a new method of selecting
by dv_dt 8y ago
The third method in that CDC link says it was approved in 2013. But I gather that's a new productions/replication method as opposed to a new method of selecting strains? But again, what is the difference between selecting flu strains to combat a given flu season, and selecting phages to combat a given resistant bacteria.
I'm excited for a universal flu vaccine too, and hope that somehow that vaccine gets funded and succeeds.
- danieltillett 8y agoThe difference is the flu virus keeps mutating while with phages you have a large collection and choose the ones that work on the infection the patient has. The big problem with the flu vaccine is the lead times are so long (6 months) that the vaccine producers need to guess what strains will be circulating 6 months ahead. Since they lack a crystal ball they often get it wrong. The only real advance with the cellular vaccines is for people allergic to egg. I am not that hopeful that a universal flu vaccine will get funded.