Gene Therapy May Protect Against Flu

sciencehabit writes "In 2009, a global collaboration of scientists, public health agencies, and companies raced to make a vaccine against a pandemic influenza virus, but most of it wasn't ready until the pandemic had peaked. Now, researchers have come up with an alternative, faster strategy for when a pandemic influenza virus surfaces: Just squirt genes for the protective antibodies into people's noses. The method—which borrows ideas from both gene therapy and vaccination, but is neither—protects mice against a wide range of flu viruses in a new study."

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meh

[larry bagina]

let me know when gene therapy lets me shoot bees out of my arms.

Re:Gene Therapy Protects Against Flu, but...

[Black Parrot]

Or "must haz brainz" syndrome.