City scientists in flu vaccine breakthrough
SCIENTISTS based in the Capital are developing a new type of vaccine which could provide millions of flu doses in a few weeks.
Researchers hope to use harmless viruses called bacteriophages as a new way of immunising against disease.
The new technology is expected to be tested on humans in the next two to three years and it is claimed that it could produce enough doses for the whole of the UK in less than a month.
The current process to produce vaccinations against new strains of influenza, including swine flu, can take several months.
Chief executive of life sciences firm Big DNA, Dr John March, said:"You could make thousands, if not millions, of doses within a matter of days.
"With the bacteriophage approach you would be able to make the vaccine straight away. Even if a new strain arrived halfway through the winter season, you can make a vaccine there and then."
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