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"Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based #vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a #virus & can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised...
This new strategy... targets a part of the #viral genome that is common to all strains of a virus. The vaccine, how it works, & a demonstration of its efficacy in mice is described in a paper published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences."
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains
Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.News
"“What I want to emphasize about this #vaccine strategy is that it is broad,” said UCR #virologist & paper author Rong Hai. “It is broadly applicable to any number of #viruses, broadly effective against any variant of a #virus, & safe for a broad spectrum of people. This could be the universal vaccine that we have been looking for.”
The new vaccine... relies on small, silencing RNA molecules"
https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/04/15/vaccine-breakthrough-means-no-more-chasing-strains
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Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.News
Let’s be clear:
Measles is extremely dangerous for everyone, and especially for young children. The vaccine is safe, effective and proven. Please get your measles vaccine, and encourage those around you to do the same (especially if you live in Florida).
https://theconversation.com/measles-is-one-of-the-deadliest-and-most-contagious-infectious-diseases-and-one-of-the-most-easily-preventable-224493
#measles #vaccine
Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable
A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising outbreaks pose to everyone.The Conversation
