Flu Fighters Come Up Big

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If you're reading this, it's a fair bet medical science -- at some point -- has saved your life. The miracles of modern medicine are astounding. Now, researchers are on the verge of concocting antibodies that may knock out the flu -- Asian, swine, bird, Spanish and all strains in between.

The discovery is the brainchild of the Harvard Medical School, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Burnham Institute. Researchers claim they have apparently found the "Achilles heel" of influenza, the weak point that will bring it down for good. Much more study needs to be done, of course, but the implications are monumental. The next step will be tests on ferrets, then humans. The feeling is three years should be enough to get the vaccine finally flowing into the public.

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Flu Fighters Come Up Big

In short, the folks in white smocks are coming through for us again. But...

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