Regina Barber
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first heard Nov 2024
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Today on the show, the science behind a vaccine against all flus and what scientists need to make it a reality.
I'm Regina Barber and you're listening to Shortwave, the science podcast from NPR.
Okay, Adolfo, what about the flu virus impacts why we need a yearly vaccine?
So flu A, which comes into H subtypes, and then Bs.
Okay.
Right.
Right.
So all of this refers to current vaccine strategies, like what we do now.
That's based on targeting parts of the viruses that change.
But what you're working on is targeting regions that stay the same in the influenza virus in order to make this universal flu vaccine.
one that we wouldn't need to get every year.
Now, historically, there have been barriers to creating this kind of vaccine.
What are they?
The parts of the influenza virus that doesn't change.
It's a cow.
Okay.
And protective.
Variable areas, the parts of the virus that change.
The science hasn't gotten here yet because we haven't been able to find those regions.
Okay.
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