The atomic structure of influenza A virus nucleoprotein. Credit: Jane Tao/Rice University
A new type of vaccine may allow for a new approach to generating live virus vaccines which could conceivably be adapted to any type of virus. Published in the journal Science, the Peking University team outlines how they modified an influenza virus causing it to incite an immune response without a risk of infection.
Most vaccines today contain viruses that have been killed or weakened to the point that they are unlikely to cause an infection when injected into a healthy patient. Such vaccines work by causing the immune system to target similar viruses if found in the body before they have a chance to multiply, causing an infection...
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