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A DNA-based vaccine shows promise against avian flu (PhysOrg)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though it has fallen from the headlines, a global pandemic caused by bird flu still has the United States` Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on high alert. Yet, to date, the only vaccines that have proven even semi-effective are produced in chicken eggs, take five to six months to prepare and act against a single variant of the H5N1 virus, which mutates incredibly ...