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minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThere’s a part of the virus which doesn’t (or can’t?) mutate. There has been talk about creating a vaccine that allows the body to target that bit.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agoDo you have an url for that? I’d be a bit sceptical about that as viruses survived everything so far. And I suppose they’d still mutate if we targeted that.
minus-squareatzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agohttps://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/using-mrna-technology-universal-flu-vaccine You can only mutate so much before it’s not a flu virus.
minus-squareMihies@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoCool, but then again, it is only so effective. And that even before the godknowwhat mutations. But yes, it certainly seems a step forward.
There’s a part of the virus which doesn’t (or can’t?) mutate. There has been talk about creating a vaccine that allows the body to target that bit.
Do you have an url for that? I’d be a bit sceptical about that as viruses survived everything so far. And I suppose they’d still mutate if we targeted that.
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/using-mrna-technology-universal-flu-vaccine
You can only mutate so much before it’s not a flu virus.
Cool, but then again, it is only so effective. And that even before the godknowwhat mutations. But yes, it certainly seems a step forward.