Bird Flu Vaccine Trial: Positive Results

We reported last time that a possible vaccine is in the works at Purdue; here’s another positive light on the vaccine coming from Vietnam.

The vaccine which is currently being trialled on thirty Military Medical Institute students have gotten good results so far. The vaccine manufacturer, Vabiotech, was given the go signal to try the vaccine on humans after a good show on animal experiments last year.

The vaccine was based on developed monkey kidney cells. Although this may be good for Vietnam, there might be some problems with other countries as World Health Organization representative, Sean Tobin reported:

“Certainly there would be some extra level of scrutiny required, if they were to try and use this vaccine in other countries,” he said.

“But Vabiotech do have a long experience with other kinds of vaccines using this monkey kidney cell technology, they feel, and the government here feels quite confident in those vaccines.”

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