This flu vaccine, given at an October 2020 clinic in South Philadelphia, was designed to protect against strains of flu that were circulating that year. But a new universal flu vaccine, invented at the University of Pennsylvania, might one day protect recipients against all types of flu virus.

Penn scientists have made a universal flu vaccine using mRNA, and they plan to test it in humans

For years, scientists have tried, unsuccessfully, to make a single vaccine that would provide at least partial protection against all types of flu. A University of Pennsylvania scientist now thinks he’s cracked the case, using the same technology that was the basis of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines: messenger RNA. In November, Scott Hensley …

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