With new grants, Gates Foundation takes an early step toward a universal flu vaccine
August 29, 2019
Scientific teams from inside and outside the world of influenza research have been awarded funding to try to unlock mysteries that could provide the foundation for a future universal flu vaccine, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the philanthropy Flu Lab have announced.
Gates envisaged a quick start to the work. He has been concerned for some time about the danger an influenza pandemic would pose to low-income countries, which typically do not use flu vaccine and would have little hope of buying any in a pandemic. He wanted to spur truly innovative work in this area
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