OneIndia.com
07/10/2010
Researchers are using computer programs to develop a fast and efficient method of generating vaccines for new strains of flu viruses.
Dimitris Papamichail, and a team of researchers from Stony Brook University have created algorithms that will design viruses that serve as live vaccines, which are then synthesized to specification.
The new method is called Synthetic Attenuated Virus Engineering (SAVE).
“Our approach is not only useful for influenza; it is also applicable to a wide range of viruses,” said Papamichail.