Vaccines intended to help the body to fight off the flu bug may actually give the bug an edge, researchers say.
That doesn't mean vaccines are bad, it just may help explain why they aren't as good as they could be, says Dr. Andrew Mellor, director of the Immunotherapy Center at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Immunogenetics.
His team along with viral immunology experts at the University of Georgia believe they can improve the efficacy of flu vaccines – maybe even make them work for more than one flu season – by taking away the bug's advantage.
That doesn't mean vaccines are bad, it just may help explain why they aren't as good as they could be, says Dr. Andrew Mellor, director of the Immunotherapy Center at the Medical College of Georgia and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Immunogenetics.
His team along with viral immunology experts at the University of Georgia believe they can improve the efficacy of flu vaccines – maybe even make them work for more than one flu season – by taking away the bug's advantage.
