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Avian flu vaccine on the brink
A collaboration between BBSRC and STFC-funded scientists has been using a new form of low energy microscopy to observe how poxviruses interact with components inside live cells. Genetically modified fowlpox viruses have been used extensively in Mexico and southeast Asia to vaccinate chickens against bird flu and the scientists hope that the technique will help them develop more effective ...