The affair about the influenza is that there ’s a lot of unlike strains . One influenza time of year is dissimilar from the other and each one requires a new shot . That could change ! physician conceive we ’ll develop a ecumenical vaccinum presently enough .
Specifically , Dr. Francis Collins , director of the National Institutes of Health , believes that in the next five eld , there ’ll be a farseeing term influenza vaccine that can roleplay as an umbrella solution for that pestering seasonal nausea . Collins toldUSA Todaythat a universal grippe vaccinum was far - fetch only a few years ago because the virus mutated every year ( with changes in its surface coating ) have that specific vaccine obsolete . However , Collins said :
scientist have find “ there are role of the viral pelage that do n’t alter … . If you designed a vaccinum to go after the constant part of the virus , you ’d be protected against all strains . ”
Five years is a bit ambitious but it ’s becoming a matter of when , not if . One fritter away to dominate them all . [ USA Today ]
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