The vaccine against all strains of meningitis
Scientists believe they have a way to protect people found against all strains of meningitis. Researchers at the University of Surrey have a vaccine that protects mice against the deadly illness develops. While much more research is necessary to believe it could be an important first step towards creating a single vaccine to protect humans. A vaccine against the A and C strains of the disease exists. However, there is no vaccine against the deadly strain of B. It infected around 3,000 Britons a year and kills hundreds of people.One in 10 children who contract the disease die. Many others have been severely disabled.immune response, researchers have genetically engineered a strain of meningitis B, which does not cause the disease can create. against this strain injected in
mice. They found that the immune system produces antibodies to fight against the rats of three strains of the disease. The scientists said the findings suggest, may be able to create a single vaccine to protect against each strain. Further studies are planned for protein varieties genetically modified to identify trigger this immune response.For now, I do not think a vaccine, said Professor Johnjoe McFadden, who led the study. What we need is identified, the proteins of this strain, the cross-reaction caused. We hope to have this work in three years, he said, he said. However, if we need additional funding to continue this work. For the moment we do not have resources to undertake such research. The Meningitis Trust, which funded the original research, has welcomed the
results. The development of a vaccine is very complex and meningitis error is very hard to beat, said spokesman Will Guyatt.This research marks an important contribution to the development of a vaccine against this deadly and devastating. The only thing about this research is that it offers hope of a vaccine to fully protect people against all types of meningitis - the most common cause of meningitis worldwide. We
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