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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

#Science #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

#Health #Science #Vaccines #Vaccination #Flu #COVID #Covid19 #News #NoPaywall


😲 Viruses Finally Reveal Their Complex Social Life

New research has uncovered a social world of viruses full of cheating, cooperation and other intrigues, suggesting that viruses make sense only as members of a community.

#News #Science #Biology #Virus

https://www.quantamagazine.org/viruses-finally-reveal-their-complex-social-life-20240411/?mc_cid=d55f4d909a