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Flu vaccine production gets a shot in the arm

Ernie Hood. Environ Health Perspect. 2006 Feb.

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Using Reverse Genetics to Produce Vaccine

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Egg-citing approach to producing vaccines.

Yoshihiro Kawaoka (right) and lab technician Barry McClernon (left) oversee an experiment in Kawaoka's laboratory at the UW–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine, where they are working to refine vaccine manufacturing technologies to ensure a faster response to flu outbreaks.

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