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Why a universal flu vaccine could also help tackle HIV and the common cold

Influenza virus cells, high-lighted through a florescent microscope, are identified during tests at the World Health Organization (WHO) National Influenza Center in Bangkok on October 21, 2005. Thailand awaited test results on another suspected bird flu case on Friday after a resurgence of the killer virus in Asia, although Indonesian fears the H5N1 strain was mutating eased as a father and son proved negative. REUTERS/Adrees Latif - RTR19PG7

Could we one day have a "universal" vaccine — a single shot that could protect against decades of flu mutations? Image: REUTERS/Adrees Latif

Lydia Ramsey
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