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Making a Universal Flu Vaccine

2025/5/29
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What's Your Problem?
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Jacob Glanville, a bioengineer and immunologist, shares his journey of developing a universal flu vaccine. His idea revolves around focusing the immune system on the conserved parts of the flu virus that don't mutate, ensuring protection against various strains.
  • The flu vaccine's ineffectiveness due to the virus's rapid mutation
  • The concept of targeting conserved sites in the virus for universal vaccine development
  • The challenge of directing the immune system towards these conserved sites

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Jacob Glanville is the founder and CEO of Centivax. Jacob’s problem is this: Can you create a vaccine that protects people against almost all strains of flu – even strains that haven’t evolved yet?

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