Hope to quickly prepare bird flu vaccine

Scientists in the US and Japan have developed a genetic technique that helps pharmaceutical companies quickly produce a vaccine against the dangerous strain of avian influenza.

A scientist is looking for ways to make bird flu vaccine

According to experts, it is necessary to have at least 6 months to develop and produce a vaccine against avian influenza, but according to scientists from Tokyo and Wicosin University, USA, this time will be shortened. significantly if using "reverse gene" technique.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka, a co-author of the Wicosin University study, said the "reverse-gene" development technique would "strip" all of the bird flu's weapons and this created a valuable "breed". to create a huge amount of vaccine.

This new method is based on studies by Kawaoka in 1999, using monkey kidney cells as microscopic plants that produce a series of viruses that have lost all breeding weapons.

This time the genetically modified virus will be transplanted into chicken eggs or monkey kidney cells to produce the right vaccine, preparing the human immune system to detect the dangerous virus.

KINH LUAN (According to AFP & BBC NEWS)