• CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    That doesn’t make any sense, on its face, to anyone even moderately familiar with medicine. Those are all different viruses.

    The idea of one vaccine that defeats every virus out there (maybe it will cure AIDS and cancer, too) is mostly best left in zombie fiction. As in, the alleged panacea ends up turning people into flesh-craving zombies. In other words, it’s a nice fantasy.

    Of course, if it were real, I would probably take it. I’m getting older, so colds and influenza are more dangerous for me.

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      I thought so too, but it looks like they’re trying to stimulate the immune response directly, rather than teaching it to fight a threat.

      The new vaccine stimulates multiple parts of the immune system that appear to account for the broad protection in mice.

      Sounds like a great way to trigger an autoimmune response. But, if it works safely, then great news.

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      The new vaccine, for now known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, mimics the T cell signals that directly stimulate innate immune cells in the lungs.

      It also contains a harmless antigen which recruits T cells into the lungs to help the body fight pathogens for weeks or months.

      I wonder if it helps much for new antigens vs viruses you’ve already encountered.