MELBOURNE - AN A(H1N1) flu vaccine developed using caterpillar cells will be ready in just a few months if clinical trials can be fast-tracked, Australian researchers said on Monday.
As the number of cases in the worst-hit Asia-Pacific nation neared 4,000, University of Queensland researchers said they had produced Australia's first batch of the US-developed FluBlok.
Researcher Anton Middelberg said the company behind the vaccine - Connecticut-based Protein Sciences Corporation - planned to run clinical human trials in the United States, Mexico and Australia.
'We are expecting Australia will be one of the first to benefit from this new technology', Professor Middelberg said.
'It all depends on the regulatory process but I'd say we are months away from a swine flu vaccine', he added.
Source from Straits Times
Hopefully the test will pass.
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