A bird flu vaccine breakthrough

BBC reports;

“GlaxoSmithKline believes it has developed a vaccine for the H5N1 deadly strain of bird flu that may be capable of being mass produced by 2007.

The vaccine has proved effective at two doses of 3.8 micrograms during clinical trials in Belgium, BBC business editor Robert Peston has learned.

It is the size of the dose that is highly significant, Glaxo explained.”

Related;

Bird flu: risks, laws and rights

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The popular Avian Flu blog is now dormant.

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